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Professional development programs

  • The Learning Health System Academy  is our flagship professional development program. Over the course of a year, Academy Fellows gain skills in using routinely collected clinical data to generate new knowledge, and in designing and implementing digital solutions to real clinical problems. Fellows work in learning communities that include technical experts and mentors, extending their ability to be future leaders in the digital transformation of healthcare. Applicants need endorsement from their employing organisation to undertake a 12 month program comprising of 8 weeks of course-work and an 8-month workplace-based project.
  • Our Learning Health System program is also offered as a 12-week online professional development course, Applied Learning Health System short course, without a workplace-based project component, twice each year. The Learning Health System curriculum is customisable on demand, for delivery online or in healthcare workplaces.

  • We offer training in Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Australia’s national standard for electronic health data exchange. The curriculum, teaching materials and learning technology are designed and delivered in collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency, HL7 Australia and CSIRO. We offer a range of fully online course and in-person training days in major cities. See the full list of training courses here.

Our professional development programs are recognised for CPD points in the Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) credential and in other professional colleges.

Entry-to-practice degrees for healthcare professionals

Digital health knowledge and skill-building is expanding in the University’s entry-to-practice degrees for healthcare professionals in medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, public health, and other professions.

Core and elective units of study are tailored to the specific professional accreditation requirements in these degrees. Our future healthcare professionals are being equipped to understand and engage with existing and emerging work practices, including:

  • electronic medical records
  • telehealth consultations
  • digitally transforming health systems
  • consumer participation in digital health
  • technologies for healthy ageing
  • health informatics methods
  • health data processing methods and tools

Postgraduate degrees

Our Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation of Health and Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics are offered for full-time or part-time study. Two core subjects (for the Professional Certificate) and two more elective subjects (for the Graduate Certificate) may be completed full-time over six months or part-time over 1 or 2 years. A range of subjects that are fully-online or on-campus-plus-online, supports completion through off-campus study.

Research projects

We offer a growing number of projects for research students. These can be adapted for Honours students, Masters minor thesis students, professional doctorate students, and PhDs.

More detail on the projects can be found here.

Follow our LinkedIn page or sign up to receive notifications about upcoming courses in clinical informatics and digital health or, or email Kathleen Gray the Centre’s Education and Workforce Development Director for further information.

Applied Learning Health System Short Course

Register now for courses running February-May or July-October.

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Learning Health System Academy

The future of healthcare is digital.
Get ready with the Learning Health System Academy.

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Kate Bailey

Graduate Certificate in Digital Health opens opportunities for Kate Bailey

After hands on experience using  an EMR and contributing to the  Digital Health Capability Framework for Allied Health Professionals, Kate wanted to increase her knowledge and capability in digital health.  Her course expanded her horizons and connected to her with others  committed to making digital health a reality in the  sector.

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Hear from LHS Alumni, Caroline Chao

Learning Health Systems Academy (LHS) Alumni, Caroline reflects on her experience and learnings from participating in a professional development program with the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health (CDTH). Caroline shares the challenges faced as a clinician implementing a digital health tool, the variety of support provided by CDTH, and provides advice to those wanting to begin their journey into digital health.