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FHIR Fundamentals for Australian Developers

Course delivery

Includes a mixture of:

  • online modules
  • 10 hours of expert led virtual workshops.

Prework

Estimated prework is around 10 hours of online modules.  

Topics covered

  • FHIR principles
  • Use cases
  • RESTful FHIR
  • Validation
  • Profiling
  • Terminology
  • Information exchange
  • Implementing
  • Managing resources

CHIA continuing professional development (CPD) points

Participants that successfully complete both the online and virtual trainer-led components are eligible to receive 20 CPD points (competency points) as part of the CHIA Australian Health Informatics Recertification program for this particular training. Users must be registered members with CHIA to receive CPD points. If you are not yet a CHIA member, Click here for more information on gaining certification. 

It is not necessary to be a CHIA member to undertake the training.

Suggested participants

  • Software Developers
  • Product Managers
  • Informaticians
  • Implementers

Learning Outcomes

On completing this course participants will be able to:

  • Navigate the FHIR specification and explain how it is organised
  • Create, retrieve and update resources on a FHIR server
  • Complete simple searches with sorting and paging
  • Using terminology operations to find and validate codes
  • Validate a resource, diagnose, and fix validation errors.

Course Dates

2025 course dates to be announced shortly, please complete the below Register your interest form to receive further information when it becomes available.

Prerequisites

This course requires sound knowledge of JSON and XML in order to fully participate. If you do not have this knowledge, please undertake online training to ensure you are proficient in both, prior to registering for training.

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Please contact us at FHIRTraining@digitalhealth.gov.au with any questions.
Date last updated: 18 June 2025