The School of Nursing and Midwifery offers a range of professional development opportunities for nurses and midwives to upskill in specialist areas, including research, pain management and First Nations perinatal health.
Find out more about our short courses.
Wound Management
The one-day Wound Management workshop is suitable for health professionals working with patients to address the complexities of wound care.
The Foundations of Wound Management short courses address the complexities of wound care management in a variety of healthcare settings.
Learn about wound healing, decision making and how to develop a patient-centred wound focused plan.
Develop the skills to assist clients with complex wound management. Learn about the aetiology of the wound, factors affecting healing, advanced care decision making, and interventions for burns, trauma, surgical wounds, tissue reconstruction and the chronic wound.
First Nations Perinatal Health
The First Nations Perinatal Health short course is designed for midwives, and maternal and child health nurses working with First Nations families in the perinatal period.
Build the knowledge and skills to work effectively and safely with First Nations families in the healthcare environment.
Key topics include concepts related to traditional and contemporary First Nations cultures, the rights of individuals and groups to self-determination, and how culturally safe midwifery practices can contribute to closing the gap in First Nations health outcomes.
Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person
The Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care offers Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person workshops.
Over three days of hands-on, interactive experiences, the workshop upskills nurses working in residential aged care, acute and sub-acute hospitals, general practice clinics and the community.
Participants develop their knowledge and skills to enable comprehensive health assessment including clinical reasoning and general assessment, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, cognitive and psychosocial assessment, and assessment communication.
Data Collection and Analysis in Midwifery Research
The Data Collection and Analysis in Midwifery Research short course will give you the skills to improve maternity outcomes through health research.
Targeted at midwives, and maternal and child health nurses, key topics include understanding the steps involved in developing an ethical research proposal, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and data interpretation.
The course is online and available at any time.
Evidence-based Midwifery Practice
Our Introduction to Evidence-based Midwifery Practice short course is designed for professionals working in midwifery, and maternal and child health nursing.
Key topics include the principles of evidence-based practice and research, different research design models (qualitative and quantitative) and the importance of critical appraisal in research.
The course is online and available at any time.
Pain Management
The Pain Management short course helps health professionals to develop the skills fundamental to quality pain management care.
Targeted at Registered Nurses and allied health professionals, key topics include pain assessment and pain history, effective pain management strategies and the impact of poorly managed pain.
The course is online and available at any time.
Nurse Immuniser Program
The Nurse Immuniser Program equips Registered Nurses with the knowledge, skills and practice to become immunisers in Victoria.
The program covers immunisation throughout the lifespan, excluding travel and COVID-19 immunisation.
Perioperative Nurse Surgical Assistant
Upskill with the Perioperative Nurse Surgical Assistant short course.
Our course is the only specialised course of study in Australia that prepares perioperative Registered Nurses to undertake advanced nursing practice skills in surgical assisting, and collaborative patient care in pre-operative and postoperative care of the surgical patient population.
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