Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery is ideal for doctors with a special interest in skin cancer surgery. The prerequisite for this course is the completion of the two-day Expert Workshop in Skin Cancer Surgery teaching the most advanced surgery techniques on atomically complex and cosmetically sensitive areas. Delivered by noted skin cancer doctors and a team of experienced GPs, the program covers surgical procedures for the nose and the lower limb, reconstruction of alar and sidewall nasal defects, reconstruction of the nasal tip and glabellar defects, skin grafts and flaps for the lower limb.

This course is the third part of the three-part Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery. The education pathway is Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery, Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery and Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery + Expert Workshop.

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery

Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery

Professional Diploma of
Skin Cancer Surgery

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and course requisites

This course is for general practitioners only. Participants must have completed the Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery (or a qualification deemed equivalent).

Recognition of Prior Learning

Professionally accredited qualifications and prior studies may be recognised for entry into this course. Please send an email to credit@healthcert.com for an individual assessment of your prior qualifications and experience. This email should contain information about your educational history and work experience that specifically pertain to the content and procedures covered in the Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery and Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery. Please include any applicable certificates and course outlines from previous education. The relevant Course Chair will make a determination on your application within three working days.

Doctors who have completed The University of Queensland certificate courses in skin cancer surgery are able to gain credit for those studies, providing the relevant HealthCert assessment is completed prior to diploma studies commencing (please ask a HealthCert Education Advisor for the process).

Other qualifications and prior studies may also be recognised. Please ask a HealthCert Education Advisor for an individual assessment of your prior qualifications and experience.

COURSE CONTENTS

The program provides advanced training in skin cancer surgery, allowing GPs to manage more complex cases in the primary care setting. Participants must complete and mandatory face-to-face Expert Workshop including practical surgery sessions with a team of surgical assistants who will guide and support you as you practise various surgical techniques.

The Expert Workshop (prerequisite of the Professional Diploma) covers:

Anatomy of nose, eyelids, lips and ears
Reconstruction of alar and nasal tip defects of the nose and the bilobed flap
Reconstruction of lower eyelid defects
Reconstruction of complex lip and ear defects
Lower limb anatomy and surgical planning
A review of perforator island flaps for the lower limb: Bezier and Keystone flaps

Course participants will:

Observe experts performing skin cancer surgery techniques on a large screen with close-up camera during the face-to-face Expert Workshop
Perform surgical techniques in a simulated environment and receive feedback during the face-to-face Expert Workshop
Participate in online discussion of patient cases, evaluate and make decisions
Receive a comprehensive course folder and research/readings in the field
Receive ongoing support post-course through webinars and case review
Optional surgical clinical attachments are also available at dedicated skin cancer clinics

WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUES SAY

OUTLINE: EXPERT WORKSHOP
(Prerequisite of the Professional Diploma course)

Saturday

Time	Session	Topic
8:15am - 8:45am	Registration
8:45am - 10:15am	Session 1	Nose Part 1 – Island Pedicle Flaps
10:15am - 10:45am	Morning Tea
10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 2	Nose Part 2 – Nasolabial and Bilobed Flaps
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 3	Double flaps - Rotation, Rhomboid and Reading Man
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Afternoon Tea
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Session 4	Bezier and Keystone Neurovascular Island Flaps

Sunday

Time	Session	Topic
7:45am - 8:00am	Arrival
8:00am - 9:30am	Session 5	Upper Lip – Flaps and Wedges
9:30am - 10:00am	Morning Tea
10:00am - 11:30am	Session 6	Ear – Pull Through and Helical Flaps and Composite Grafts
11.30am - 12:30pm	Lunch
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Session 7	Eyelids - Flaps, Grafts and Wedges
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Afternoon Tea
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Session 8	Clinical application – Tips and Case Studies

Dr Anthony Azzi

MBBS, MMed (Skin Cancer)

Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland

Director at Newcastle Skin Check, Charlestown NSW

Dr Anthony Azzi graduated from the University of Sydney in 1989 and moved to Newcastle, where he spent the next 13 years working in the public hospital system. He now works in private practice as a Skin Cancer Doctor and Assistant Surgeon. He completed a Master of Medicine in Skin Cancer from The University of Queensland, where he is now a Senior Lecturer. He is a member of the Australian Medical Association, Skin Cancer College Australasia, and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

Dr Alister Lilleyman

MBBS, MMed (Skin Cancer), FSCCA

Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland

Skin Cancer Doctor at Newcastle Skin Check, Charlestown NSW

Dr Alister Lilleyman graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1994 and spent the next six years working in the public hospital system. After moving to Newcastle in 2003, he began working in private practice as a Skin Cancer Doctor, Assistant Surgeon, and Vein and Laser Physician. He completed a Master of Medicine degree in Skin Cancer Medicine from The University of Queensland, where he is now a Senior Lecturer. He is a proud member of the AMA (Australian Medical Association), College of Phlebology, and Fellow of the Skin Cancer College Australasia.

Dr Victor Harling

MBBS

Skin Cancer Doctor, National Skin Cancer Centres, Redcliffe

Dr Victor Harling obtained his medical degrees from The University of Queensland in 1983. He worked for Queensland Health and the Wesley Emergency Centre for many years before pursuing his interest in Skin Cancer Medicine. Victor undertakes regular professional development courses and has obtained a Diploma of Skin Cancer from the Skin Cancer College Australasia. He is passionate about skin cancer medicine and surgery, and shares his vast expertise with follow GPs in HealthCert certificate course and Clinical Attachments at the Redcliffe Skin Cancer Centre.

PROGRAM FEES AND PAYMENT OPTIONS

REGULAR TUITION FEE

Professional Diploma

$3,195

Two-Course Bundle

$6,390

Three-Course Bundle

$9,585

Different payments options available.

EARLY BIRD RATE

Professional Diploma

$2,995

Two-Course Bundle

$5,690

Three-Course Bundle

$7,995

DEFERRED PAYMENT

Professional Diploma

$845 x 4

Two-Course Bundle

$860 x 7

Three-Course Bundle

$930 x 9

Defer your payments over several months.

GP REGISTRARS: Doctors in training who are on a recognised pathway to General Practice Registration through a recognised training provider receive a HealthCert Scholarship.

Course Delivery and Assessment

This final stage of this Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery consists of eight units. Participants are also required to complete a two-day face-to-face Expert Workshop. Course learning materials will be available for a minimum of 15 weeks, including pre-reading activities, individual assessment tasks and finally two online examinations.

In order to meet the requirements of professional and academic learning, the course assessment includes professional requirements and two online examinations.

Complete a two-day face-to-face Expert Workshop in Skin Cancer Surgery.
Develop a report/explanation of how the learning from this course will help you with your professional development.
Complete a literature review of three articles nominated by the course chair.
Document with photographs 25 related cases including application of the knowledge.

Online assessment

120 knowledge questions based on a scenario of a medical practitioner undertaking special interest training.
- 15 per module
  Example: The medical practitioner believes that 10% of the population … Is he correct? Yes/No

120 authentic scenario based questions based on cases of patient care at a clinic
- 15 per module
  Example: A patient arrives at your clinic with this problem … What should you do? Multiple choice images based on patient cases.

The knowledge-based examination is worth 50 per cent and the application-based examination is worth 50 per cent. The overall pass mark is 80 per cent. It is therefore not possible to pass this course on knowledge alone. Knowledge must be successfully applied to patient cases in order to pass the course.

HealthCert recommends completion of all requirements at your convenience within six to nine months of the completion of the course.

What you get for your one-off investment

Online pre-course activity (to be completed in your own time prior to the program component).
Two-day face-to-face Expert Workshop with hands-on practice of procedures, including catering.
All materials including surgical instruments and consumables for practical sessions.
Full-colour workbook including all presentation slides.
CPD points (see below for details).

CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION

Upon completion of all course requirements, you will receive the Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery.

The two-day Expert Workshop (prerequisite of the Professional Diploma course) qualifies for the Training Grant for Rural and Remote Procedural GPs Program (Procedural Grant Program).

RACGP: 40 Category 1 QI&CPD points

ACRRM: 30 PRPD + 30 Surgery MOPS points

This program:

Is recognised by Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP).
Is accredited by the Skin Cancer Institute (SCI) and may be used as part of an application for Certified Skin Cancer Doctor credentials.
Qualifies for a clinical attachment in France at the University of Lyon
Qualifies for a clinical attachment in Austria at the University of Vienna
Has been collaboratively designed with, and is annually reviewed by, Professor David Wilkinson, Deputy Vice Chancellor at Macquarie University.

Education Pathways

This qualification may be used as part of an application for Certified Skin Cancer Doctor credentials at the Skin Cancer Institute.

Postgraduate Pathway

Postgraduate Diploma in Minor Surgery studied through the Rila Institute of Health Sciences and awarded by the University of Plymouth (UK).

There are three modules in the Postgraduate Diploma. Medical professionals who successfully complete the HealthCert Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery, Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery and Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery will be eligible to apply for Accreditation of Prior Certified Learning (APCL) for module 3.

The Postgraduate Diploma is mainly delivered online. No practical workshops will be required due to the APCL from the HealthCert qualifications. Overall there will be a time saving of 40 per cent of the postgraduate program due to the APCL. Exams will be held in Perth, Western Australia.

When the Postgraduate Diploma has been successfully completed, doctors can apply for credit from the Postgraduate Diploma to the Master of Science in the Specialism awarded by the University of Plymouth.

For more information, please click here.

Certified Clinical Attachments Pathway

Clinical Attachments are optional and available on a 1:1 or small group basis. These provide the opportunity to observe skin cancer surgery and ask questions of the expert performing the procedures. In addition to clinical attachments in Australia, university teaching hospitals at the University of Lyon and the University of Vienna are available for clinical attachments. HealthCert certificates and university statements are awarded for participating in clinical attachments.

The dominant areas of study covered by The Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 are science and medicine. Attached to the university are the "Hospices civils de Lyon" including the "Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud", which is the largest teaching hospital in the Rhône-Alpes region and second largest in France. Out of the 2630 faculty 700 are also medical practitioners at local teaching hospitals.

The Medical University of Vienna is the largest medical organisation in Austria, as well as one of the top-level research institutions in Europe and provides Europe's largest hospital, the Vienna General Hospital, with all of its medical staff. The Vienna General Hospital has about 100,000 patients treated as inpatients and 605,000 treated as outpatients each year.

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LEARNING RESOURCE IN ANATOMY

HealthCert certificate course graduates can receive access to Anatomedia, an interactive online learning program in anatomy, for an annual fee of $99 instead of $297 if subscribed by 31 December 2018. The complete self-learning resource teaches anatomy of the body and contains videos of various surgical procedures. If you qualify, please contact us to receive the special access code.

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HealthCert is committed to providing top-quality education, and to make sure this happens, we back all our courses with a unique Double Guarantee.

If you are not able to apply the course learning outcomes in your practice, get in touch with us within 90 days of course completion and you can attend the course again at no cost. If you are not satisfied with the course, simply hand in your course materials at the end of day 1 and we will provide you with a 100% refund.

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Essential training for any GP with an interest in skin cancer management or diagnosis.

Dr M. Yeo, VIC

I have trained with HealthCert since 2010 and it has never disappointed me. I really enjoy the courses. Thank you!

Dr R. Phiri, VIC

I'm currently completing both the Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery and the Professional Diploma of Dermoscopy and the progression over time in both courses has been superb. I am very pleased that these courses have tutors and are fully accredited.

Dr C. Boberg, NZ

Excellent and well presented content. I really enjoyed all the sessions. The course was well organised, relaxed and informative.

Dr D. Christian, VIC