Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and Control

This specialist program prepares you for advanced practice in infection prevention and control by addressing local, national, and international trends in the communicable diseases and infection. It’s the longest running tertiary infection prevention and control education program across Australasia. It combines technical health knowledge with a foundation in advanced research and a critical analysis on how leadership and management skills can be applied to create transformative change in healthcare.

You’ll gain a foundation in the microbial basis of infection and the sciences of disease, including the mechanisms involved in the breakdown of homeostasis in the human body and their manifestation as a communicable disease. It also includes the epidemiology of classic and contemporary infectious diseases in national and international populations, including surveillance systems for control and prevention.