Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine
- Townsville, Australia
- Cairns, Australia
Graduate Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine at James Cook University trains health professionals to prevent and manage lifestyle-related chronic physical and mental conditions. This flexible online program runs 6 months full-time (12 months part-time), includes three core subjects and electives in research, public health, business and health professional education, and covers psychological, medical, nutritional and addiction science. You'll study innovation, entrepreneurship, telehealth and multidisciplinary care and network with clinicians, researchers and industry experts.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in clinical practice, public health, workplace wellness, health coaching, education, research or consultancy. Employers include hospitals, primary care, community services, public health agencies, corporations and non-profits. Career opportunities may increase with demand increasing globally.
Health care professionals can enhance their careers by expanding their expertise with lifestyle medicine. Benefit from new research, technology and multi-disciplinary healthcare education in this fast-growing discipline. You will gain the skills to manage lifestyle-related health problems, and prevent and reverse common chronic physical and mental health illnesses.
Experience high-quality teaching and programs, with opportunities to engage with innovation and entrepreneurship in the health, community and industry spaces. Critically investigate and assess lifestyle-related disease, including diverse models of care. You will learn to apply theories in psychological, medical, nutritional and addiction science in a variety of health contexts.
This flexible, online course takes six months to complete full-time (12 months part-time). You will study three core subjects, plus choose from electives in research, public health, business and health professional education to align with your career goals. Build your network with connections to high profile clinicians, researchers, industry experts and innovators in the field of lifestyle medicine.
With studies indicating that the majority of chronic disease burden is preventable with lifestyle interventions, the demand for lifestyle medicine professionals will only increase.
Graduates of JCU’s Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine are sought-after leaders with the skills to improve health care innovatively and holistically.
