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Postgraduate Certificate
Online
Part Time
OCT
9 Months
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Postgraduate Certificate
Online
Part Time
OCT-26
9 Months
Postgraduate Certificate
Online
Part Time
OCT
9 Months
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Experience a unique online course designed to enhance your musculoskeletal medicine skillsMusculoskeletal (MSK) medicine is a rapidly developing field of medicine practised by a variety of clinicians including general practitioners and allied healthcare professionals. This online course is specifically designed to provide you with the ultimate flexibility, tailor your time to suit your schedule. Our online PGCert in MSK medicine is built to meet the needs of those wishing to work in this field within both primary care and community MSK services. The course has been developed by some of the UK’s leading MSK clinicians, ensuring it provides you with the skills and knowledge to work in a range of MSK settings. This comprehensive course will provide you with everything you need to know to begin or progress your career in MSK medicine. Course highlightsFlexible learning via an online education platform. Monthly live online tutorials. Individual topics taught by UK clinicians who are experts within their specialist field. Direct academic and career support from our tutor team. The course is aligned with the joint MSK Diploma exam of the Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society and the Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine. Our teaching facultyOur teaching faculty consists of a wide range of academics and clinicians including sport & exercise medicine consultants, GPs with an extended role in MSK medicine, advanced practice practitioners, consultant physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons. The course was developed by Dr Richard Collins, Sport & Exercise Medicine Consultant and experienced GP with an extended role in MSK, who was the lead author for the syllabus of the PCRMM-FSEM’s MSK Diploma exam, meaning our course will prepare students wishing to sit this exam in the future. Our Postgraduate Certificate is delivered via the Faculty of Biological Sciences and includes a variety of expert clinicians within their specialist field. Dr Dane Vishnubala MBBS MSc (Med Ed) FRCGP (MSc SEM) DipSEM(UK) FFSEM PGCert MSK US SFHEA PhD Clinical Lead Consultant Physician in SEM. Dr Camilla Nykjaer BSc MSc PhD FHEA Programme Lead Lecturer in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health Honorary Research Fellow Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr Craig Zalecki BSc(Hons) MBBS FFSEM MRCGP DipSEM(UK) PGCert MSK US – Clinical Lecturer Consultant Physician in Sport & Exercise Medicine.
Applicants should normally have at least a 2:2 honours degree (or international equivalent). Currently, we are accepting candidates with degrees in medicine, physiotherapy, sports therapy, sports rehabilitation/training, podiatry, osteopathy, or other allied healthcare professions. Appropriate professional registration should also be held with the GMC, Health and Care Professions Council, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers. Applicants without professional registration with the GMC, Health and Care Professions Council, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers are required to have at least one year of relevant post-graduation clinical experience.
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£500 month
Students from Domestic
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£500 month
Students from EU
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£500 month
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