Gain specialized knowledge and skills to support your professional development in nursing, midwifery and patient care with our flexible short courses.
Ranging from one day workshops or more in-depth short courses, including microcredentials, our courses are designed to fit into your busy life.
Choose a course tailored to your field and develop the expertise to delivery high-quality, evidence-based care across diverse healthcare settings, including rural and culturally diverse communities.
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Why do a short course at La Trobe?
Strong industry partnerships
We are collaborate with healthcare providers across Victoria and internationally, ensuring our educaton and research remain aligned with community needs.
Leading expertise
Our researchers focus on five key health areas, working to improve the welbeing of individuals, families and communities.
Real-world impact
Through our Rural Health School and community partnerships across Victoria, we are driving meaningful improvements in rural health outcomes.
Areas of interest
Nursing
Our nursing courses can help you acquire or improve specific nursing skills, such as wound care, medication administration, digital health or patient assessment.
Patient and Aged Care
These courses will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high-quality care to patients. You'll learn about patient assessment, communication, infection control, and other critical aspects of healthcare.
Midwifery
Completing a midwifery short course can open up various career opportunities in the healthcare sector. Midwives are in demand in hospitals, birthing centres, and even home birth settings, and a formal education in midwifery is often required for these positions.
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Popular Nursing and Midwifery Short Courses
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Develop your skills in health assessment for paediatric, adult and older patients and learn in-demand skills in digital health - all in the rural healthcare context.
Designed for people working in healthcare, this microcredential provides you with the skills to bridge the gap between cultural understanding and professional healthcare practice. You’ll be empowered with essential tools to foster inclusive, empathetic and evidence-based care.
Meet the requirements for Division One registration, allowing re-entry to nursing within the Australian healthcare context.
Scholarships available for residents of Victoria.
Delivered by La Trobe’s Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), this workshop is an opportunity to update your knowledge and skills while adding to your hours of continuing professional development (CPD).
Group pricing available.
Enhance your ability to provide care that facilitates cultural safety for First Nations families.
Build on skills developed in Introduction to Digital Health for Rural Healthcare Professionals to use digital solutions in rural healthcare.
Receive 15% off the price of both courses if purchased together (discount applied at checkout).
Build your skills and develop the confidence to evaluate, make evidence-based clinical decisions and prioritise care and management of infants and young children.
Receive 5% off the price of this course, and its companion courses, Comprehensive Assessment of Adult and Older Patients in Rural Healthcare, when purchased together (discount applied at checkout).
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Why study Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe?
Industry experience while you study
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Rising demand
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Powerful Collaborations
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