Public Health and Tropical 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.

Learn how to provide expert nursing care to patients and communities. Communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and plan and implement contemporary nursing care at an individual and community level.

Pursue your passion for a career in healthcare without compromising on lifestyle, with the flexibility of online study.

Make a difference in rehabilitation healthcare with the Bachelor of Physiotherapy, accredited with the Australian Physiotherapy Council.

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.

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.

Enrich your career by specialising in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia and its near neighbours. Gain valuable skills important for delivering health outcomes to rural and tropical areas.

Expand your technical proficiency to design, manage, and evaluate rehabilitation plans for individuals and communities in culturally diverse populations. You will learn to develop solutions for complex problems in health professional practice.

Develop the skills to excel in research. This course will prepare you to further your studies in an MPhil or PhD program.

This program is designed to provide medical practitioners, particularly those based in rural and remote communities, with a pathway for advancing their academic and clinical expertise.

JCU’s Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice provides Allied Health professionals with a pathway for advancing their academic and clinical expertise in a wide range of community and clinical settings.

Broaden your medical qualifications and learn the advanced structure of the human body.

Gain a specialised education for detecting, preventing, and controlling diseases in tropical, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Make a difference to global futures with the University ranked #1 in the world for collaborative partnerships for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).* Gain the expertise and specialist skills needed to help direct development initiatives like poverty alleviation, sustainable planning, and global health. * Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020

This course is for health professionals who aspire to work in a leadership role in health education and research. Become a leader in improving clinical teaching and education research in all health professions including medicine, nursing, dentistry, and allied health.

Take the next step in your health career. Tailor your course to fit your personal career aspirations with elective subjects or a substantial research component.

Specialise in public health issues relevant to tropical Australia, surrounding nations and developing countries.

This joint degree offers leadership and management training, combined with a range of public health skills. It is designed for health professionals with a suitable undergraduate degree or recognised professional qualification in a relevant discipline.

Gain specialist skills in research and practice to advance your career.

Develop extensive academic and research skills to help make a positive impact on the health of rural, remote, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and beyond.

JCU Master of Philosophy graduates are internationally recognised as experts who discover valuable new knowledge in their fields. The skills you develop during your MPhil will enable you to develop yourself professionally within your existing sector, or to apply your research, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to new contexts. Graduates can also continue their independent research in a Doctor of Philosophy.

This program is a professional doctorate for graduates with professional experience in a range of medical education settings.

Develop high level independent research skills while making an original contribution of knowledge.