Program Overview

Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine

Overview

Advance and enhance existing health care with this exciting, innovative postgraduate degree — the only one of its kind in Australia offered under a school of medicine.

Lead the Future

Catalyse a new generation of interdisciplinary healthcare practice.

Real-World Relevance

Courses created by health professionals for health professionals.

Flexible Study

Balance your commitments and learn online.

Fast Facts

• Location: Online
• Commencing: February
• Fees:
  • Estimated annual Commonwealth Supported fee: $AUD4,657.00
  • Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD14,780.00
• Duration: 6 months full-time
• Entry Requirements: AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a health discipline or equivalent

Course Detail

What to Expect

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.

Flexible, Online Course

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.

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession.

Career Opportunities

There is an increasingly high demand for lifestyle and public health expertise in almost all healthcare industries, including primary care and tertiary hospital settings, community projects, industry, not-for-profit and government sectors. Graduates of JCU’s Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine will have the skills to consult and lead clinical and research programs in a variety of healthcare settings.

Handbook

Visit the JCU Course and Subject Handbook.

Fees and Scholarships

Estimated annual Commonwealth Supported fee: $AUD4,657.00

Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD14,780.00

A variety of Scholarships are available to suit different student types.

Pathways to JCU

JCU offers multiple Pathways to University. If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course, consider exploring our available Pathways options.

Real Stories

• Student: Taya Coates, Master of Lifestyle Medicine My practice has been profoundly changed by the learnings of this course. I’ve told any colleague who would stand still long enough that they should check it out. Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about lifestyle medicine.
• Student: Dr Eileen Gourley, Master of Lifestyle Medicine Interesting, informative and highly relevant to modern healthcare. I have found this course hugely enjoyable, well curated and presented, and would recommend it to anyone wanting to advance their learning in the area of lifestyle medicine.
• Lecturer: Dr Sam Manger, Course Coordinator Studying lifestyle medicine at JCU is an incubator for exciting careers, projects and innovation in health care. There is rapidly growing evidence and demand for lifestyle medicine, whole of person care and whole of community care from the public, clinicians, researchers and industry.
• Industry: Dr Joanna McMillan, Dietician, author and regular host of ABC's Catalyst program I have worked for many years with Dr Manger as part of our ASLM events and conferences, and he leads the field with knowledge, passion and enthusiasm. Having the opportunity to undertake a course led by him is undoubtedly a fantastic opportunity and you can be assured of quality, evidence-based teaching.