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Graduate Certificate in Medicines for the Health Professions (Online)

Graduate Certificate.
The University of Newcastle

300

in world overall ranking*

32

in local overall ranking*
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About the course

This Graduate Certificate builds medication and pharmacotherapeutics capability for health professionals who want to strengthen how they assess, prescribe and manage medicines in clinical practice. You’ll study core principles including pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and apply them to real-world decision-making. The program is designed for flexible, interactive online study and integrates theory with practice in medicines use at graduate certificate level in Pharmacy & Pharmacology.

Career outcome

Graduates can enhance their current clinical practice by strengthening medication assessment, communication and collaborative medication management planning. The program supports practitioners working across settings where medicines are used and monitored, including nursing, allied health, dentistry and psychology. It is suited to roles that require safer prescribing, improved medicines knowledge, and better integration of pharmacotherapeutic principles into patient care at graduate certificate level in Pharmacy & Pharmacology.


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*Source: QS World University Subjects Rankings (2026)
**Source: numbeo.com
***Source: PayScale.com (2026)

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0.5 years

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Trimester 1

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Online

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40303

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+61 3 9663 5333

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australia@augstudy.com

Scholarships

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Up to A$50,000

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A$10,000

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Up to A$50,000

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