Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Medicine M4029
Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
2025 Semester 1 admission closed.
Semester 2 admission (mid-year intake) is available now.
* To waive the international application fee please contact us at med-periopmedicine@monash.edu to provide a unique application code prior to submitting the admission
Please note that the Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Medicine (M4029) has entered a teach-out phase.
This course is to be discontinued with a final admission intake (and course transfers) of Semester 2, 2025. Applications for Semester 2 close Monday, 14 July 2025.
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This course offering is available to:
- Domestic students
- International students living and studying offshore
- Holders of an Australia temporary visa (other than a student visa) that has a full study entitlement
This course is NOT available to International Students currently in Australia on a Student Visa.
About Course
Perioperative Medicine has been defined as the care of patients from the time they contemplate surgery through the operative period to full recovery at home.
The course is aimed at medical practitioners working in this emerging field. It has been designed to facilitate the delivery of collaborative and optimal perioperative care to patients presenting with complex, chronic and acute medical conditions requiring surgical intervention.
Note: It is not the purpose of this course to act as a pathway into specialty training in Australia. Completion of this course leads to a Graduate Certificate qualification but not to specialist recognition. Such recognition is only granted by the relevant Australian and New Zealand specialty Colleges as per their individual requirements. This course may be used to lead into the Master of Perioperative Medicine M6033 course if credit is applied within 7 years of completion of the Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Medicine M4029.
Note: The Graduate Certificate of Medicine name title has been amended to Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Medicine from 2022 onwards. The course code remains the same. The new title is only applicable to students commencing study in 2022 and onwards.
General Information
- Offered completely online: No on-campus attendance (i.e. no face-to-face contact).
- Course admission is offered in semester 1 and semester 2 (International and Domestic applications).
- 24 credit point course.
- Two 12 credit point units must be completed from a choice of either POM5101, POM5102, and POM5103.
- Time commitment: 20-24 hours per unit per week for 12 credit point unit.
- Provides a pathway to the Master of Perioperative Medicine course M6033, with credit received for units passed in the Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Medicine M4029 within 7 years of course completion.
Units
Unit Information
- The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.
- Time commitment: 20-24 hours per unit per week for 12 credit point unit.
Please refer the course handbook for more Information.
Important Dates
Semester Dates
Semester Dates
Semester 1 units - POM5101, POM5103
Semester 2 unit - POM5102
Census Dates
Deadline to withdraw from units without penalty
Fees
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Admissions
Semester 2:
- Admissions close 14 July 2025
* To waive the international application fee please contact us at med-periopmedicine@monash.edu to provide a unique application code prior to submitting the admission.
Entry Requirements
This course offering is available to:
- Domestic students
- International students living and studying offshore
- Holders of an Australia temporary visa (other than a student visa) that has a full study entitlement
This course is NOT available to International Students currently in Australia on a Student Visa.
Graduations
Students in the final semester of their course can apply to graduate. Our student cohort is eligible to graduate in the March/April and September/October rounds (our students are ineligible to graduate in the December round). Applications open around 3 months prior to the graduation ceremony.
Students apply to graduate via the Web Enrolment System. Graduation is not automatic and all students must apply to graduate in order to receive their testamur. Students who do not wish to attend a ceremony can graduate in absentia. This option can be selected when completing your graduation application.
Each semester (once results are released) the Department of Anaesthesiology and Preventive Medicine processes course completions. We then email eligible students advising that they have been course completed and that they can apply to graduate. However, you can apply prior if applications are open. If you require a Letter of Qualification prior to graduation (once results are released in the final semester of the course) please log a request with Monash Connect
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