Foundations of AI in Healthcare

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42 RANZCR CPD hours or 42 ACEM CPD hours can be claimed for completing Foundations of AI in Healthcare in 2025.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise healthcare, offering clinicians new tools to help diagnose, manage, and treat patients more efficiently and effectively.

This online micro-credential is ideal for healthcare professionals aiming to excel in the evolving medical technology (medtech) landscape, exploring the role and importance of AI and machine learning in modern healthcare settings.

You'll gain a valuable understanding of AI's potential in healthcare, while being introduced to best-practice approaches for implementing AI solutions that strengthen patient outcomes.

Delivered by leading medical technology experts, this course is endorsed by the Victorian Medtech Skills and Devices Hub, a respected provider of industry-aligned and future-ready medtech education courses.

Explore AI fundamentals in healthcare

Gain a comprehensive understanding of AI and machine learning's role and significance in modern healthcare, exploring their transformative potential as well as associated data privacy and regulatory considerations.

Understand machine learning's healthcare impact

Learn the key differences between machine learning and deep learning and explore their specific applications and ethical implications in healthcare settings. Collaborate with your peers to recognise the benefits, challenges, and limitations unique to using AI and machine learning technologies in patient treatment scenarios.

Develop strategic AI deployment approaches

Acquire the strategic planning, stakeholder management, and ethical decision-making skills necessary to effectively deploy AI technologies into healthcare systems. Learn the essential data analysis and risk management skills needed to assess AI deployments in a healthcare setting and achieve project success.

Design AI healthcare solutions

Craft and propose an AI solution for a healthcare setting of your choice, focusing on its objectives, anticipated outcomes, challenges, and risks, followed by peer and expert evaluation.

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Who you will learn from

Learn from skilled academics and professional experts who will share invaluable knowledge you can use in your job.

Associate Professor Joseph West

AI for Neuroscience Researcher; AI/ML Lecturer

Joseph's research interest is in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence with a focus on general decision making and general applications. He is currently investigating deep learning approaches for neurological stimulation therapies covering Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). By using state of the art deep learning methods to close the loop in neuro-stimulation he is improving outcomes for patients undergoing neurological electro-stimulation therapy.

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This series of micro-credentials has been designed to address a key skills gap in the medical technology sector, providing essential instruction on technologies of growing importance to the industry.

The AI for Health Professionals series

AI for Health Professionals provides a complete learner’s journey across four micro-credentials, providing essential instruction on technologies of growing importance to the industry. You'll gain an overview of the fundamentals of AI in healthcare, be introduced to the industry-standard tools used to build AI solutions and develop your ability to interpret your own data with existing tools, before finally designing and building a custom solution.

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Fees

For individuals

To take Foundations of AI in Healthcare as a stand-alone micro-credential, you'll pay the normal course price.

Please contact Student Support to discuss discounts and payment options for University of Melbourne staff or alumni, or to pay by invoice.

$990.00 AUD (inc GST)

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