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Upskill fast. La Trobe’s short courses help you get up-to-speed in your industry or make a switch into a new career. Build the skills you choose.
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Nursing and midwifery | Pain Management
Get the skills and knowledge fundamental to providing quality pain management care.
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Podiatry | Endorsed Scheduled Medicines (ESM) Online Case Studies
Discuss the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, uses and contraindications of medicines available to endorsed podiatrists.
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Education | The Science of Language and Reading – An Introduction
Advance your knowledge and skills in the field of reading instruction and support.
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Research | Basic Statistics with R
Learn a simple yet powerful way to design and carry out analyses in the R, a free software package for statistical computing and graphics.
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Nursing and midwifery | Nurse Immuniser Program
Become an independent nurse immuniser in Victoria.
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Nursing and midwifery | Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person (CHAOP)
Develop hands-on skills in assessment, care planning and care delivery for older people.
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Nursing and midwifery | Urology and Continence
An opportunity to examine contemporary urological and continence nursing.
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Nursing and midwifery | Advanced Health Assessment
Perform and interpret advanced nursing assessments on patients and clients.
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Nursing and midwifery | Nurse Immuniser Update Workshop
Update your knowledge in the area of immunisation.
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Nursing and midwifery | Wound Management Workshop
Develop a patient-centred wound focused plan.
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Nursing and midwifery | Foundations of Wound Management
Unveil the complexities of wound care management.
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Nursing and midwifery | Prostate Nursing Care
Develop knowledge and skills in the specialist practice area of prostate nursing care.
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Nursing and midwifery | Leadership and Management in Healthcare
Scrutinise different types of leadership and whether the nomenclature of leadership and management is interchangeable or two different skillsets.
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Nursing and midwifery | International Qualified Registered Nurse (EPIQ)
Prepare to work as a Registered Nurse in Australia.
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Nursing and midwifery | Perioperative Nurse Surgical Assistant (PNSA)
Advance your knowledge and skills in the field of perioperative nursing practice.
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Art therapy | Introduction to Counselling Skills
Focus on the development of effective, basic counselling skills.
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Art therapy | Art Therapy Taster
Have you ever wondered what art therapy is and how it works?
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Art therapy | Introduction to Art Therapy
This two-day workshop offers a more in-depth version of the one-day taster workshop.
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Art therapy | Art Therapy Supervision Skills for Health Professionals
This 5-day short course will provide theoretical components and opportunities to practise supervision skills in a group setting.
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