Program Overview

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Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy

Overview

JCU's Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy provides clinically relevant advanced anatomy training for medical graduates registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Fast Facts

• Location: JCU campuses or study centres where you can study this course. 'Online' means the course can be studied off-campus using a combination of online resources, printed material or other technologies. Some online courses include on-campus workshops and travel for professional placements.
  • Online
  • Students must attend 4 x 4-day residential blocks at Townsville campus
• Commencing: The month(s) you can start the course. For courses offered at JCU Singapore and JCU Brisbane, see 'How to Apply'.
  • Online: February, July
• Fees: Indicative, annual cost of your course. Some courses are supported by the Australian Government with the government paying some of your fees. This is the Commonwealth Supported fee. The tuition fee is the fee payable if Commonwealth Support does not apply. You can defer your fees if eligible with HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP. The Student Services & Amenities Fee is a required payment from most students.
  • $33,906.00^
  • ^estimated annual tuition fee for a full-time study load
  • Plus Student Services and Amenities fee
  • Fee deferral and scholarships available if eligible
  • Currently displaying fees for 2025, which are subject to change in following years.
• Duration: The time it will take you to complete the course as a full-time student. Also specifies if the course is available part-time. This section will indicate if some online courses may have a longer duration due to their different delivery method.
  • 1 year full-time
• Entry Requirements: This is usually a score given to Year 12 students upon completion of their studies. Non-school leavers can have their qualifications and work experience assessed to obtain an equivalent score. The score displayed is the minimum adjusted ATAR/rank that was required for entry. Some subjects are required for entry into a course. Whereas assumed knowledge indicates a minimum level of knowledge
  • AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a health-related field, be AHPRA registered and maintain registration for the duration of the course; or be a current final-year student of a JCU MBBS program with a minimum 5.0 GPA

Course Detail

What to Expect

JCU's Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy provides clinically relevant advanced anatomy training for medical graduates registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Advance your learning of human anatomy through full human body cadaveric dissection workshops, based on core anatomy teaching and specialist surgical teaching.

This one year full-time (or equivalent part-time) program consists of online classes and four block intensives on campus. A flexible delivery mode makes the course well-suited to busy medical professionals.

Graduate with confidence – you will complete, over the course of a year, anatomy of the whole human body including dissection of the same with surgeons and anatomists, who are leaders in their field.

View the handbook for a detailed overview of available subjects.

Cadaveric Dissection Workshops

The specialised professional, academic and technical requirements necessary for the delivery of the cadaveric dissection workshops requires this part of your studies to be delivered at the JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, Douglas.

2025 Workshop Dates

Each workshop is held on-campus over four days:

• Workshop 1 - Head, neck and neuroanatomy
  • Date: Tuesday 1 April - Friday 4 April 2025
• Workshop 2 - Vertebral column and upper limb
  • Date: Tuesday 24 June - Friday 27 June 2025
• Workshop 3 - Thorax and abdomen
  • Date: Tuesday 23 September - Friday 26 September 2025
• Workshop 4 - Pelvis and lower limb
  • Date: Tuesday 9 December - Friday 12 December 2025

Career Opportunities

JCU Surgical Anatomy graduates are highly-regarded medical professionals with extensive skills and anatomical knowledge.

This course is suited to doctors who hold a formally-recognised medical degree and who want to advance their career in surgery or radiology. Other doctors (particularly those working in rural, regional and remote communities) may find this course useful as it will expand their scope of practice through developing a deeper understanding of human anatomy.

Handbook

Visit the JCU Course and Subject Handbook.

Fees and Scholarships

Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD33,906.00

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.

How to Apply

Complete an online application through our Online Application Portal.

All applicants must provide evidence of being immune to Hepatitis B within the first teaching period of their studies. Evidence of having a blood-borne viral disease may result in a student’s inability to obtain a placement in a Queensland Health facility and consequently, may result in your inability to complete the requirements of the course as accredited by the relevant professional accrediting body.

If you have not complied with the above requirement by the last day of the first teaching period of your studies, your enrolment will be terminated immediately.

For more information refer to Infection Control Procedure.