Delivering quality Postgraduate Taught (PGT) opportunities

We offer a wealth of opportunities to continuously develop and nurture knowledge.

The School of Medicine is one of the largest providers of postgraduate health and medical courses for the ever-learning healthcare professional in the UK, offering a suite of programmes that deliver the latest knowledge of research impact and cutting-edge technological advances.

Today, healthcare professionals are constantly challenged by the drive to improve patient care and better understand the root cause of a clinical problem. A healthcare professional’s understanding and environment is continuously evolving.

Therefore, the School of Medicine strives to offer suitable courses to complement the work and ambition of healthcare professionals. From standalone Continuous Professional Development (CPD) taster courses to full time face-to-face Master’s programmes, there is the type of learning environment available to suit a range of requirements.

The School of Medicine offers over 20 courses all taught by experts in their field eager to illustrate the newest evidence based teachings whether in the classroom or through online distance learning or a blend of both.

View the full suite of PGT courses available.

Professor Ann Taylor, Postgraduate Taught Director at the School of Medicine explains:

“Our programmes are varied and largely subject specific and we offer a variety of study methods including online, blended and face-to-face learning. We have a clear long-term commitment to enhancing and growing our postgraduate activity, supporting health services to deliver excellence.

In growing and developing our programmes, we need to be flexible. We need to offer a range of activity for students to engage with, from non-credit bearing CPD activity through to Master’s programmes. Within our MSc portfolio we will offer flexible options for students to engage with content that aligns better with their work requirements.

PgCert and PgDips are gaining more popularity rather than complete MSc programmes, as are full time programmes for UK domiciled health carers and scientists. We need to respond to these changes and do more work around what students need following their undergraduate experience, early in that experience, so we can plan for the future.

This year, we had a very constructive College Review of our PGT activity and we now have a robust framework for the next 5 years to support and improve the student experience. Action centres around improving our flexibility, a plan for 3 new programmes and an increase in our non-credit bearing and credit bearing CPD activity.

We will further invest in our staff and will be rolling out more robust staff development following the appointment of new Teaching Academy Lead(s). We will engage with the NHS in Wales to seek their views on how Cardiff University can best serve their needs. We are also keen to take suggestions about how best to deliver postgraduate training and would be very happy to hear our alumni’s views.”

This is a shortened version of the full article that features in edition 27 of ReMEDy.

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