Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation of Health

The Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation of Health provides students with foundational knowledge in informatics, digital health, and health systems science. It outlines modern approaches to utilising healthcare data and developing virtual care models for clinicians and non-clinicians.

The Professional Certificate in Digital Transformation of Health is a 25-point program that can be completed part-time over one or two terms. Students participate in two subjects that have been developed and taught by an inter-disciplinary team of experts from the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health. Designed to provide applicable skills to healthcare managers, nurses, medical practitioners, allied health practitioners, scientists, information systems practitioners, and informaticists; this certificate is foundational for anyone wanting to improve healthcare through data and virtual care.

This course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. This course is available to all other international students to study wholly online.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

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  with no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  79+

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  with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  64+

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  with no communicative skill below 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  176+

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  with no skill less than 169

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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