Delivery format
In person
Course overview
On the Evaluation and Governance of AI in Healthcare course you will learn how to appraise existing evidence about AI health technologies and how to generate local evidence to support decision-making in a specific setting. You will also gain an understanding of the different forms of risk that AI health technologies pose for healthcare providers and the principles and practicalities that influence how those risks are managed.
Best practices in these key areas are emerging, with limited capabilities across many UK and global healthcare providers. Because of the interdisciplinarity and novelty of the challenges posed by AI governance and evaluation in healthcare, this course is accessible for a wide range of applicants. This practice-oriented module is grounded in the faculty’s recent or active research in the UK, US and elsewhere. You will develop competencies that enable you to bring organisations up to date to efficiently deliver safe, effective and fair AI-enabled healthcare.
Course delivery
On completion of the course attendees will be able to:
- Show understanding of the organisational structures and capabilities required to facilitate effective AI governance in healthcare
- Show understanding of the core principles of cyber security, interoperability and clinical risk management relating to clinical AI
- Evaluate peer-reviewed evidence of clinical AI performance across the translational pathway
- Evaluate local risks and propose mitigations for an AI-enabled healthcare pathway
Course dates
Course dates for 2026/2027 are TBC. This course typically runs in March.
On completion of the course attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
Teaching staff
Dr Jeffry Hogg
Clinical AI Implementation
Clinician scientist leading responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation in healthcare through practice, education and research.
Professor Alastair Denniston
Chair of Regulatory Science and Innovation
Professor of Regulatory Science and Innovation and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHSFT.
Entry requirements
This course is suitable for recent graduates from healthcare, management, technical or innovation degree programmes. The course is also suitable for mid-career applicants with practical, policy or research roles in healthcare or medtech.
Fees and scholarships
Fees for 2026/27:
Microcredential (Home): £1,875
Microcredential (International): £5,250
Non-credit: £1,575
Application process
You can choose to study this course either as a microcredential or a non-credit CPD course.
Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?
- Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
- Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
- Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
- Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
- Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
- Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.
Please note the deadline for submitting an application:
- Applicants eligible for Home fees are to apply a minimum of 6 weeks before the module start date.
- Applicants eligible for Overseas fees are to apply a minimum of 3 months before the module start date.
Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit short course version.
Non-credit short course
The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will receive a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.
Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.
Places on the non-credit short course are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.
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