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Specialist Certificate in Disaster Health Management (SC-DHM)

Disaster events are taking place with increasing frequency across the globe. With a focus on the fundamentals of disaster response, and the domestic and international factors involved in the management of these events, this course will equip clinicians, first responders, health service managers, relevant agency staff and policy makers with essential skills to effectively prepare for, and manage, a range of disaster events.

The Specialist Certificate comprises two subjects taken part-time over 6 months:

Disaster Medicine Principles and Responses (starts late January)
Managing Complex Disasters (starts October)

Specialist Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine (SC-DTM)

The Specialist Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine provides an evidence-based introduction to the key elements of this specialty. With a focus on the fundamentals of disaster and terror response, it equips clinicians, first responders, health service managers, relevant agency staff and policy makers with essential skills to effectively prepare for, and manage, a range of disaster and terror events.

The Specialist Certificate comprises two subjects taken part-time over 6 months:

Disaster Medicine Principles and Responses (starts late January)
Terror Medicine Principles and Responses (starts April)

Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine (GC-DTM)

This course is designed to equip you with essential skills to prepare your health service, community, or organisation for natural disasters and terror events, and to effectively manage and recover from such events when they occur.

The Graduate Certificate comprises four subjects, which can be taken part-time over 12 months:

Disaster Medicine Principles and Responses (starts late January
Terror Medicine Principles and Responses (starts April)
Clinical Leadership During Crises (starts July)
Managing Complex Disasters (starts October)

Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine (GD-DTM)

The Graduate Diploma enables you to extend your knowledge, equipping you with problem-solving skills and expertise in this specialist area, including logistics, prevention, planning, responses, recovery and policy development through a clinical and health care management framework.

The Graduate Diploma comprises eight subjects, part-time over two years, or full-time in one year:

The four subjects from the Graduate Certificate plus
Human Factors in Critical Care (starts April)
Advanced Toxicology and Terror (starts July)
Two electives from a selection provided.

All our disaster and terror medicine courses are suitable for ACEM, CICM and ANZCA CPD. Medical practitioners may also be able to access CME funds.

Why study disaster medicine?

Disaster and Terror Medicine is a system-orientated specialty that intersects clinical medicine and a diverse group of emergency responding agencies. The courses are relevant to:

Critical care clinicians (including doctors, nurses, clinical leaders)
Emergency services (including paramedics, emergency responders)
Hospital administrators
Government and policy makers
Social workers
The military and more...

Michelle Thornhill – Emergency Physician | Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Terror Medicine

Responding to climate change and terror events present complex challenges for emergency departments and hospitals. The frequency and severity of these events are increasing around the globe.

Watch how Michelle Thornhill, Emergency Physician, is using her postgraduate education to advance critical care and disaster management response practice in hospitals, to help safeguard the public.

Disaster Medicine Certification - International Board of Disaster Medicine

The International Board of Disaster Medicine (IBODM) offers certification to qualified healthcare professionals worldwide, including physicians, mid-level practitioners, nurses, and paramedics. The IBODM mission is to standardize the core competencies of disaster responders and prepare them to safely and effectively perform during crises.

The IBODM has accredited the University of Melbourne’s Disaster Medicine degree courses as satisfying the prerequisite education requirements for the IBODM certification exam.

Single subject enrolment

Develop in-demand skills in a flexible learning environment and make full use of CME
Study the same course material as included in the Disaster and Terror Medicine degrees
Enrol in ‘assessed’ mode to gain credit toward degree courses in your own time

Each subject is delivered online over 8 weeks, with a 1-2 day face-to-face workshop.

Human Factors in Critical Care (starts end of April)
Terror Medicine Principles and Responses (starts end of April)
Clinical Leadership During Crises (starts July)
Managing Complex Disasters (starts October, NB: prerequisites apply)

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Melbourne MicroCert: Disaster Management Essentials

Disaster Management Essential

Level up with our micro-credential short course.

Develop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practice you can apply immediately. Confidently evaluate disaster management plans to prepare more effectively for disaster events.

This short course is delivered online over four weeks.

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