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Specialist Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound (Practical)

  • Certificate

The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound (Practical) provides healthcare professionals with hands-on experience and online learning to develop skills in point-of-care ultrasound, enhancing patient care and earning CPD points.

Key details

Degree Type
Certificate
Duration
6 - 6 months part-time
Course Code
SC-CLINUSP
Study Mode
In person, Online
Intake Months
Mar, Jul
Domestic Fees
$6,248 per year

About this course

OverviewCourse overview

Gain practical, hands-on experience in clinical ultrasound.

Learn from experts and apply skills directly to your workplace.

Enhance patient care by confidently using ultrasound in your practice.

Clinical ultrasound has made a significant positive impact on patient care in many areas, including surgery, critical care, and emergency medicine. More and more healthcare professionals, like those in primary care, nursing, and physiotherapy, are now using clinical ultrasound to help their patients.

The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound (Practical) is designed especially for healthcare professionals who want to become skilled in point-of-care ultrasound. It offers the flexibility to choose subjects that fit best with your specific clinical interests and needs. This practical version of the certificate includes a strong online learning component to build your knowledge, along with hands-on activities to help you develop your skills in taking and understanding ultrasound images, and then using those findings in your patient care.

This course might even be reimbursed as Continuing Medical Education (CME). Our clinical ultrasound courses are unique, being the only fully online Australian university courses that can help you earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points while working towards an official qualification!

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Course overview

Overview

  • Gain practical, hands-on experience in clinical ultrasound.
  • Learn from experts and apply skills directly to your workplace.
  • Enhance patient care by confidently using ultrasound in your practice.

Clinical ultrasound has made a significant positive impact on patient care in many areas, including surgery, critical care, and emergency medicine. More and more healthcare professionals, like those in primary care, nursing, and physiotherapy, are now using clinical ultrasound to help their patients.

The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound (Practical) is designed especially for healthcare professionals who want to become skilled in point-of-care ultrasound. It offers the flexibility to choose subjects that fit best with your specific clinical interests and needs. This practical version of the certificate includes a strong online learning component to build your knowledge, along with hands-on activities to help you develop your skills in taking and understanding ultrasound images, and then using those findings in your patient care.

This course might even be reimbursed as Continuing Medical Education (CME). Our clinical ultrasound courses are unique, being the only fully online Australian university courses that can help you earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points while working towards an official qualification!

Credit for prior study or work

This Specialist Certificate (Practical) is part of a suite of courses. If you graduate from this certificate, you can apply for recognition of your prior learning towards the Specialist Certificate. From there, you can continue to progress to the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound, and then further advance to the Diploma and the Master of Clinical Ultrasound.