Medicine

Gain a one-year university qualification while opening up your pathway into many JCU Bachelor degrees. The Diploma of Higher Education is recognised as a stand-alone qualification designed for students who don’t meet the entry requirements of a Bachelor degree.

Become a leader in socially-accountable medicine, graduating as a highly regarded, work-ready health professional. JCU’s Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery is the only six-year undergraduate medical course offered in Northern Australia.

Develop a broad understanding of the foundations of aeromedical retrieval and gain specialist skills for an exciting and rewarding career in the aeromedical retrieval area. You will gain specific skills in pre-hospital and secondary retrieval situations in accordance with Australian and international health care standards and graduate with the expertise to manage patient transportation in fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in both domestic and international contexts.

Make a difference in public health by building your expertise on the control and elimination of communicable diseases in times of crisis, including epidemics and pandemics, natural disasters and man-made conflicts. Develop advanced knowledge and skills in epidemiology, infection control and the interaction of environmental factors and human and animal health. This knowledge and skill set will allow you to advocate for, develop and implement tailored responses to communicable disease outbreaks,

Enhance your health qualifications and provide effective self-management education to people with or at-risk of diabetes. Gain real-world experience with clinical placements that equip you for working in rural and remote communities. As a graduate of the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education you’ll be eligible to gain accreditation with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) Foundation.

Advance your professional career and extend your healthcare knowledge. You will develop your ability to provide coordinated and informed public health responses to humanitarian emergencies and disaster events both in Australia and internationally.

Learn how to improve clinical teaching in all health professions, including medicine, nursing, dentistry and allied health. You will develop a conceptual framework for teaching, learning and research in the health context and across multiple health professions.

Develop the skills to implement effective infection prevention and control procedures within hospitals and other healthcare settings.

Advance and enhance existing health care with this exciting, innovative postgraduate degree — the only one of its kind in Australia offered under a school of medicine.

Enhance your professional career in health with an advanced knowledge of public health issues in Australia and internationally. Develop practical skills to provide meaningful and informed healthcare in the Tropics with a degree aligned with the core principles of public health defined by the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions in Australia (CAPHIA).

Advance your career as a health professional with specialist knowledge and technical skills in designing, managing and evaluating rehabilitation plans within a variety of health contexts.

Gain the essential research processes and skills required to complete higher degrees by research in tropical health and medicine.

Advance your professional skills and develop specialist knowledge in travel medicine. Gain practical and technical experience in appraising travel risks, investigating and mitigating travel-related diseases, and promoting health education to travellers.

Gain a valued qualification from a leading university in rural and remote health in Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. This course is for health professionals who aspire to work in a lead role in health education and research.

Advance and enhance existing health care with this exciting, innovative postgraduate degree — the only one of its kind in Australia offered under a school of medicine.