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 who successfully complete both the online and virtual trainer-led components are eligible to receive 20 CHIA (Certified Health Informatician Australasia) CPD Points towards their recertification. If you are not yet CHIA certified, you can find out more here.

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.

Register for FHIR training here:

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Please contact us at standardsacademy@digitalhealth.gov.au with any questions.