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.

Gain specialist skills for an exciting and rewarding career with the Graduate Certificate of Aeromedical Retrieval at JCU. Graduate with the expertise to manage patient transportation in fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in both domestic and international contexts.

Equip yourself with the specialist skills to help control, eliminate and eradicate communicable diseases locally, regional or internationally.

Learn how to provide effective self-management education to people with or at-risk of diabetes throughout their lives.

Build upon your current healthcare knowledge and learn from award-winning lecturers and experts.

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.

Specialise in public health issues relevant to Australia, the Tropics, and developing nations worldwide.

Gain specialist knowledge and technical skills across a range of health contexts, with a strong focus on evidence-based learning.

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

Appraise travel risks and their mitigation strategies and promote 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.