Courses for Everyone - for Skin Health and to keep you and your Family safe
We understands the need and the passion for adults to gain quality information to help make the right decisions for themselves and their loved ones. Advanced Skin Academy will never compromise on the quality of our skin care courses and pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional level of education. Ensuring the interested person has the knowledge and understanding of the sun and product ingredients placed on your skin!
Quality education and current research increases your knowledge, understanding and confidence when looking after yours or your loves one’s skin!
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is essential for nurses to
remain current and registered within Australia, as outlined by the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Advanced Skin Academy has developed courses to increase your knowledge
and skills and gain your required CPD points.
For further information on CPD, click on the link
https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards/Continuing-professional-development.aspx
Enrol to expand your knowledge in Skin Health and Sun Awareness
Active Skin Serums
The Active Skin Serum course has been developed to enable you to gain an insight into the important roles that the various serums play within our skin health.
Introducing active serums into your own skin care routine can be confusing.
Knowing where to start, as adding too many serums all at once can not only be confusing, but it may also be overwhelming for your skin and cause a skin reaction.
Knowing and understanding when to apply the serums, whether that be in the morning or evening or which order to apply the serums to your skin.
The choice of serums can be endless, lending to the question which serum is the best choice for my skin.
The skin care course discusses the important roles and mechanism of the skin, and how the various serums assist in improving skin health and the role skin serums play in the management of a variety of skin conditions.
The Active Serum course includes current and on-going research.
CPD Points
- 1 Point
Serums covered include:
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B3
- Vitamin B5
- Vitamin C
- Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA)
- Beta Hydroxy Acid (BHA)
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Tyrosinase Inhibitors
- Oxygen
This course is for anyone wanting to increase their knowledge on serums when incorporating it into their own or clients skin regime.
Skin Cancer Awareness Course
Early diagnosis is essential in saving lives and reducing physical and mental scars. The more eyes that are armed with evidence-based knowledge, and looking at skin, can potentially lead to early diagnosis and SAVE lives!
The Skin Cancer Awareness course enables you to have a better understanding of how skin cancer develops, sun awareness and how to identify a potential skin cancer. Giving you the confidence to discuss with friends and family and encourage them to seek a review by skin care specialist for a formal diagnosis.
Advanced Skin Academy’s team’s various journeys have highlighted the need for accurate information, especially education that has saved lives and increase someone’s confidence in themselves.
The team at Advanced Skin Academy believe that sharing their knowledge will assist parents, families, children, and anyone interested in skin cancer and skin health, to make better informed decisions.
This skin care course is suitable for anyone that has sun exposure in their daily life. Providing evidence-based information to help protect family and friends by potentially saving a life.
CPD Points
- 5.5 Points
Key points within the course
- Sun radiation/UVR- is sitting under a tree enough?
- Causes of Skin Cancer
- The importance of early diagnosis
- How does skin cancer form?
- Skin anatomy in relation to skin cancer
- Skin cancer development
- Different types of skin cancer
- Early diagnosis – how it makes a difference
- Onset and progression
- What to look for
- How to have the conversation with clients
- Skin treatments, can they alter skin cancer?
- Statistics
- Images
- Who is at greater risk
Sunscreen Ingredients
The Sunscreen ingredients information pack was designed due to the many media reports discussing adverse reactions noted from sunscreens to people, marine life and the environment.
The general population wants to protect the environment and ensure the ingredients that are being placed on their skin are safe.
There are a variety of research papers and reports written on the effects of the chemical ingredients in many brands of sunscreens on our skin, our health and the environment. However, it is often difficult to know where to look, as well finding the many hours required to search through the articles.
There are also sunscreens that are referred to as being Reef Friendly, what does that mean and are they really reef friendly?
Advanced Skin Academy has completed the hard work and gathered recent research articles, in a succinct format. Allowing you as the consumer and protector of your own health and environment to make up your own mind.
This skincare specialist course is for anyone interested in knowing what the ingredients are in your sunscreen based on current scientific research!
CPD Points
- 1.5 Points
Key points within the information pack
- Know what is in your sunscreen
- Is it having an adverse reaction on your health and environment?
- Choosing the right sunscreen for you by the ingredients
- What ingredients are currently safe
- What ingredients are rated in other countries
- Endocrine disruptors
- Sun protection is important
Milia
The Milia Skin Treatment course was developed to assist anyone struggling with Milia and wishes to understand the process in the development of Milia.
This skin care course will educate the astute person on how to manage Milia as well as explaining preventative measures to reduce the appearance of Milia.
CPD Points
- 1 Point
Key points within the course
- Mechanism of Milia
- Preventative actions
- Treatment options
COMING SOON
Vitamin D and the Sun
Vitamin D and the role the Sun plays in the process of Vitamin D course was developed for Nurses, Skin Care therapists, or anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of why adequate Vitamin D levels are vital to our health.
The course explains the Vitamin D process and the many impacts Vitamin D has on our health.
The Vitamin D course is for anyone wanting to increase their knowledge and understanding on the process and benefits of Vitamin D.
Enabling nurses and skin care therapist to have a healthy understanding and the ability to discuss with their clients.
Key points within the course
- Safely receiving Vitamin D
- Health benefits of Vitamin D
- Low levels of Vitamin D- what does that mean.
- How Vitamin D is absorbed and processed.
COMING SOON
Acne
The Acne skin care treatment course is for Nurses and Skin Therapists that want to increase their knowledge of Acne and understanding of mechanism, triggers and various treatment options, enabling quality treatments and support to the large percentage of clients that present with Acne.
The presentations and extent of Acne varies for many clients; however, the impact physically and psychologically can be enormous!
It is essential that the treating nurse or skin therapist understands Acne to deliver the best results and know when to refer to a medical professional for skin care specialist treatment.
Key points within the course
- Mechanism of Acne
- Triggers
- Type of Acne
- Various treatment options
- Supporting Acne client
- Importance of home care
