Short courses and Microcredentials in Medicine and Health
The College of Medicine and Health is the biggest provider of continuing professional development (CPD) courses within the University. We offer a wide range of CPD short courses and Masters level modules as standalone courses. You will learn from experts and work alongside supportive and innovative staff in our world-leading centres.
Our courses will help you to enhance your clinical expertise, shape policy, change lives, influence society, and gain the skills you need to put you ahead in a competitive job market. Continuing your professional development is crucial for keeping up to date with the latest medical, dental, and health expertise in a rapidly changing world. Combining our Centre of Lifelong Learning state-of-the-art hybrid facilities with our expert teaching staff allows us to deliver high-quality education.
What is a short course?
Short courses are designed to equip you with skills and knowledge through fast and flexible courses. They vary from one-day in-person workshops to online lectures and seminars taught over several weeks.
Our CPD and microcredential courses offer flexible learning, so you can enhance your knowledge without stepping away from your responsibilities.
- Postgraduate Microcredentials typically include content from modules that form part of existing Masters degree programmes at Birmingham. They can be used as standalone credentials or count as academic credits towards a full Masters.
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses offer you the chance to take charge of your career development and gain the skills you need to stay up to date and get ahead in your field.
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Centre for Lifelong Learning
How to find usStudy at our Centre for Lifelong Learning, which offers new state-of-the-art hybrid facilities, as well as a spacious and comfortable learning environment. The centre includes an 80-seat forum theatre, three lecture theatres for up to 40 participants, and two meeting rooms equipped for hybrid teaching. Situated in the heart of our prestigious Medical School building, the centre is conveniently located just a two-minute walk from the University train station.
Why Birmingham
Our short courses provide the opportunity to learn and develop, whether that’s to gain the practical skills you need to stay up to date in your chosen field or you are interested in exploring a new subject area.
Choosing to study one of our short courses will enable you to access degree-quality education in flexible chunks and empower you to take control of your professional development.
We are committed to supporting lifelong learning by offering a wide range of courses designed to enhance your skills and to make your studies suit you. Short courses are an assured way to upskill, upon completion you will receive a University certificate or formal qualification you can use towards further study.
Developing new skills and enhancing existing skills is certainly the way forward to developing a career. New doors of opportunity naturally open up.
I really enjoy the course because of the diversity. We have a mixture of doctors, vets, radiographers and nurses and that's what excites me.
Contact the Centre for Lifelong Learning
Contact the Centre for Lifelong Learning
Centre for Lifelong Learning
Medical School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom