Foundations of AI in Healthcare
Sorry you missed this course in 2026. Register your interest below for 2027: Gain practical training in planning and deploying AI implementations into healthcare systems.
$990.00 AUD (inc GST)
What you will learn
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
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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More from this series
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.
Explore more from the AI for Health Professionals series:
- Practical Use of AI in Healthcare (Micro-credential)
- Create Healthcare Solutions from Existing AI Tools (Micro-credential)
- Build Custom AI Tools for Healthcare (Micro-credential)
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)
For teams
If you have three or more team members who are keen to upskill with Foundations of AI in Healthcare, get in touch to discuss pricing. For large groups, we can also deliver and contextualise this course exclusively for your organisation.
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This cutting-edge online course is ideal for healthcare professionals interested in a career in medtech or for current medtech professionals seeking to build their skill set and enhance career outcomes. Healthcare data analysts, medical AI researchers, clinical informatics specialists, and bioinformatics scientists – as well as professionals involved in seeking a career in product development, regulations, and quality management – will all find this course particularly useful.
Learners are required to have completed a bachelor’s degree or have developed skills equivalent to Level 7 of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF 7) through relevant professional experience.
This micro-credential will advance your knowledge of cutting-edge medical technologies, equipping you with the skills needed to develop and implement groundbreaking AI solutions in healthcare.
Endorsed by the Victorian Medtech Skills and Devices Hub, a leading provider of specialised medtech education, Foundations of AI in Healthcare directly responds to increasing industry demand for medtech professionals with AI skillsets, helping to extend the student’s job scope.
By the end of this course, you'll understand the vital role of AI and machine learning in healthcare.
You'll be able to:
- Critically evaluate the implementation of AI solutions in healthcare in terms of transformative potentials, data privacy, security, biases, ethical implications, and regulatory frameworks related to the application of AI and machine learning in healthcare
- Plan the integration and deployment of AI technologies in specific healthcare settings.
This micro-credential runs over six weeks.
Your total time commitment will be approximately 42 hours, which includes:
- Guided learning, including online webinars and group discussion (8 hours)
- Peers learning, including quizzes and group activities (10 hours)
- Assessment tasks (24 hours).
Assessment:
- AI Solution in Healthcare Case Study: Evaluate an existing implementation of an AI solution in healthcare (40%)
- AI Solution in Healthcare Project Brief: PowerPoint presentation that outlines a targeted AI solution for a specific healthcare setting (60%).
Foundations of AI can be taken as a stand-alone micro-credential or you can complement it with any other course in the AI for Health Professionals series. It is recommended for learners to complete this course first before moving onto the second offering.
This series includes:
- Foundations of AI in Healthcare
- Practical Use of AI in Healthcare
- Create Healthcare Solutions from Existing AI Tools (Expected 2025 delivery)
- Build Custom AI Tools for Healthcare (Expected 2025 delivery)
Delivered fully online, this course provides a convenient way to develop your skillset from a location that suits you. Within our digital learning environment, you'll engage with other professionals and leaders and take part in synchronous and asynchronous learning activities.
You'll have access to videos of industry leaders discussing real-world case studies. You'll also take part in live online workshops, contribute to discussion boards with your peers, and complete independent study to deepen your knowledge of AI in healthcare.