Medicine

Looking to progress your career and improve patient care? Find out how you can deepen your understanding and enhance your skills, with our postgraduate taught courses.

Live chat drop-in session and webinars

Chat with our academics and admissions staff
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11 November, 11:00 - 14:00

Introduction to the Pain Management, Critical Care and Advanced Surgical Practice MSc programmes
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11 November, 11:30 - 12:00
Introduction to Bioinformatics MSc
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11 November, 12:30 - 13:00
Introduction to Palliative Medicine for Healthcare Professionals MSc
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Introduction to Postgraduate Research at Cardiff University School of Medicine
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Welcome

Welcome to our Virtual Open Day

Let our Postgraduate Taught Director, Professor Ann Taylor, welcome you to our virtual open day.

Our world is changing at a rapid pace, and with it the needs of patients across a wide range of medical disciplines. It is more important than ever for medical professionals to develop their clinical skills across their career, to innovate within working practices and to deepen their knowledge base to deliver better patient care. This Virtual Open Day allows you to explore the wide range of highly vocational courses on offer here at Cardiff, as well as connecting you with our academic staff to ask any questions you may have on the course structure or content.

Professor Ann Taylor Postgraduate Taught Director

Why study with us?

Postgraduate Study at Cardiff University School of Medicine

Find out why our staff and students recommend choosing Cardiff as the next step in your medical education.

Established expertise

We are one of the largest providers of medically related postgraduate taught courses in the UK.

Study worldwide

Many of our courses are part or fully distance learning, allowing you to benefit from our expertise wherever you are based.

Vocational skills

Our programmes aim to enhance the careers and knowledge base of existing healthcare professionals and others in related fields

How we are adapting to COVID-19

As a provider of distance-learning postgraduate taught courses, we are experts in delivering learning experiences globally, with students from many different locations undertaking their postgraduate study with us.

The pandemic requires flexibility from all medical schools. As an innovative Medicine programme, we have always risen to a challenge and are doing so now.

We are optimistic but practical, so are planning for multiple scenarios. Whether you are considering distance learning with us or one of our blended or face-to-face courses, we can promise you that you will meet your learning outcomes across the length of your course.

Your safety is paramount and we work closely with Welsh government and the NHS to ensure this. We also know this situation will change over time, so we're prepared for our plans to change too. We will keep you up-to-date with any changes and ensure that you get the full learning experience, adapted if necessary to ensure the safety of our students and staff.

An introduction to our range of postgraduate taught programmes

View a full list of our programmes.

Advanced Surgical Practice

This is an interprofessional, distance learning course, intended for healthcare professionals who want to specialise in the field of surgical and perioperative care.

Ageing Health and Disease

This course offers professionals, from a range of health and social care settings, the opportunity to explore the complex health and social needs of older people living in today’s society.

Bioinformatics

The aim of this programme is to provide individuals with a platform to explore, analyse and interpret contemporary biological data. This course offers Master’s level instruction in Bioinformatics with a focus on genomic bioinformatics.

Clinical Dermatology

Designed for doctors with at least one year of general medical experience, this MSc offers a structured education in dermatology and gives a firm grounding in the fundamentals of clinical and scientific dermatology.

Critical Care

This is an interprofessional, e-Learning programme, intended for healthcare professionals wishing to specialise in acute care or critical care, and those who teach within such settings.

Diabetes

These distance learning programmes in Diabetes have been established to equip healthcare professionals who have a special interest in diabetes with a sound knowledge of diabetes and diabetes-related issues as they present in practice.

Genetic and Genomic Counselling

During this MSc programme, you will be given a thorough grounding in human genomics, genetics, genetic analysis and bioinformatics, in communication and counselling skills, and in the skills required for you to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing genetic and genomic counselling for families.

Medical Education

Our Medical Education programmes are committed to promoting excellence in learning and teaching for health professionals. They are for all medical, dental and other health professionals who aim to professionalise the role of the clinician as teacher.

Medical Toxicology

Our Medical Toxicology programmes are designed for doctors, pharmacists and other scientists who wish to develop a broad understanding of the principles underlying medical toxicology.

Neonatal Medicine

These programmes provide a highly marketable academic qualification for hospital practitioners and trainees, nursing, paramedical and other professionals who are involved in the multidisciplinary care of neonates and very young children.

Pain Management

This is an interprofessional, e-Learning course intended for healthcare professionals who want to specialise in the field of pain management. It is also aimed at educationalists, to provide the appropriate knowledge and expertise on pain, to teach others from various disciplines.

Pain Management (Primary and Community Care)

These are interprofessional, e-Learning programmes intended for any healthcare professional who has an interest in and/or wants to specialise in the field of pain management in primary and community care.

Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals

This multidisciplinary programme is designed for healthcare professionals wishing to advance their knowledge of the management of patients with non-curable and terminal illness.

Practical Dermatology

These programmes are part of a highly interactive, online distance learning programme designed to provide the participant with a sound understanding of skin disease as it presents in practice, and to enable GPs to successfully manage dermatological problems in patients.

Psychiatry

The MSc in Psychiatry at Cardiff University aims to offer students from all backgrounds a well-rounded masters level postgraduate education.

Public Health (MPH)

The Master’s in Public Health programme is multi-disciplinary and trans-professional in both its content and the students it generally attracts. The MPH has been run successfully in Cardiff since 1989 and has a national and international reputation.

Therapeutics

These programmes are designed for GPs, pharmacists and specialist nurses who wish to further develop their knowledge in the practical management of common therapeutic problems.

Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

This programme offers an opportunity to explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin wound healing and tissue repair.

View webinars from previous open days

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Watch this webinar to find out more about our Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics with Genetic Epidemiology MSc programmes.

Introduction to Palliative Medicine for Healthcare Professionals MSc

This webinar by Dr Fiona Rawlinson from the School of Medicine covers the content and teaching methods of the Palliative Medicine for Healthcare Professionals MSc.

Introduction to Neonatal Medicine MSc

Listen to Dr Ian Morris, programme director for the Neonatal Medicine programme at the School of Medicine, outline the Neonatal Medicine MSc course in more detail.

Postgraduate Taught eLearning at the School of Medicine

Our Postgraduate Taught Director, Professor Ann Taylor, answers audience questions about the delivery of eLearning in this presentation and Q&A webinar recording.

Find out more about each of our postgraduate taught programmes

Course	Qualification	Mode
Advanced Surgical Practice	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Ageing Health and Disease	MSc	Full-time, part-time
Bioinformatics	MSc	Full-time, part-time
Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology	MSc	Full-time, part-time
Clinical Dermatology	MSc	Full-time
Critical Care	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Diabetes	PgDip, MSc	Part-time distance learning
Genetic and Genomic Counselling	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Medical Education	PgCert, PgDip, MSc	Full-time, part-time, part-time distance learning
Medical Toxicology	PgCert, PgDip, MSc	Full-time distance learning, part-time distance learning
Neonatal Medicine	PgDip, MSc	Part-time distance learning
Occupational Health (Policy and Practice)	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Pain Management	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Pain Management (Primary and Community Care)	PgCert, PgDip, MSc	Part-time distance learning
Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals	MSc	Part-time distance learning
Practical Dermatology	PgDip, MSc	Full-time distance learning, part-time distance learning
Psychiatry	MSc	Full-time distance learning, part-time distance learning
Public Health	MPH	Full-time, part-time
Therapeutics	PgCert, PgDip, MSc	Full-time distance learning, part-time distance learning
Wound Healing and Tissue Repair	MSc	Part-time - distance learning

Postgraduate research opportunities at the School of Medicine

The School of Medicine offers research degrees in the medical disciplines such as cancer, immunology, infection, immunity, neurosciences, mental health, population medicine and medical education.

We have a long-standing record of world-class research and educational innovation. Our underlying aim is to ensure the optimum 'translation' of fundamental knowledge to patient benefit.

Your options for postgraduate research qualifications at the School of Medicine:

Discipline	Qualification	Duration
Cancer and Genetics	PhD/MPhil/MD	PhD 3-4 years, MPhil 1 year, MD 1 year
Infection and Immunity	PhD/MPhil/MD	PhD 3-4 years, MPhil 1 year, MD 2 year
Population Medicine	PhD/MPhil/MD	PhD 3-4 years, MPhil 1 year, MD 2 year
Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences	PhD/MPhil/MD	PhD 3-4 years, MPhil 1 year, MD 2 year
Medical Education	PhD/MPhil/MD	PhD 3-4 years, MPhil 1 year, MD 2 year

Our core research divisions focus on chronic disease and applied health research, aligned with the interests of the NHS. They reflect our national healthcare needs and priorities.

Discover our research divisions.

Flexible, online learning

Find out more about distance learning

Many of our courses allow you to gain a qualification and experience a university education while continuing your employment or other responsibilities.

Discover our range of standalone modules

Balance your professional development with your current commitments and get an introduction to a topic through short, rigorous modules.

Life as a postgraduate taught student at the School of Medicine

Without the programme I wouldn't be able to even dream about a PhD. I was able to enrich myself with the required knowledge for thinking more in-depth. In my clinical practice I definitely have a different view, and more access to evidence-based medicine than before the programme. Difficult topics related to clinical practice are discussed on a higher level and with scientific arguments.

Sandra Liew, Anaesthetic Nurse and Advanced Surgical Practice MSc graduate