Graduate Diploma in Perioperative Medicine (GD-PERIMED) // Course structure
About this course
Contact
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Principal Coordinator
Andrea Bowyer
Course structure
The course will consist of two sets of subjects both of which have as their focus the use of clinical ultrasound in the perioperative period. The first set of subjects relate to Clinical Ultrasound (50 points). The second set consists of four subjects related specifically to medical management and the role of clinical ultrasound in the perioperative environment (50 points).
In order to progress to the second stack of subjects, a participant must have successfully completed 50 credit points from this first set of Clinical Ultrasound subjects. Successful completion of this part of the program might lead to the award of Graduate Certificate of Clinical Ultrasound as an exit award only.
Subject options
Year 1 or Semester 1
(50 credit points)
Core Subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MEDI90049 | Principles of Ultrasound Heart Scan |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
3 subjects (37.5 credit points) from the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MEDI90050 | Doppler Echocardiography |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90051 | Ventricular Function |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90054 | Ultrasound Guided Procedures |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90100 | Abdominal and Peri-Arrest Ultrasound |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90101 | Obstetrics Gynaecology and Practicum |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90102 | Vessels Nerves Lungs and Musculoskeletal |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Year 2 or Semester 2
(50 credit points)
The second set consists of the four subjects all of which must be successfully completed for the award of the Graduate Diploma.
Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MEDI90103 | Prehabilitation and Risk Assessment |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90104 | Enhanced Recovery After Surgery |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90105 | Perioperative Complications |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90106 | Post-op Quality of Recovery Practicum |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 27 February 2025