Advanced Medical Training PG Cert King's College London, University of London

The PG Cert in Advanced Medical Training (Children’s Health, Haematology or Women’s Health) is a postgraduate qualification for scientists and clinicians. This advanced study programme will develop your research and evidence-based evaluation skills and clinical leadership, as well as enhance your career opportunities. Optional modules are available within four medical specialties:

Children’s Health

Clinical Neuroscience

Haematology

Description

Our programme is designed to provide participants with an advanced and comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical issues surrounding medical care within the relevant medical field of choice. The postgraduate face to face modules in the medical specialty of choice will cover the most-up-to-date and novel aspects of clinical care and by successfully completing one of the module, you will gain an in depth understanding of innovative care for patients in the selected field of medical expertise.

The programme is available in three different medical specialties: Children’s Health; Haematology; Women’s Health. You will undertake two on line modules, and then select a face to face module(s) depending upon your choice of medical speciality.

The programme fosters the intellectual skills of participants through: production of original pieces of written work that explain, review and evaluate primary research literature and using this evaluation to develop ideas and hypothesizes; understanding and applying scientific and clinical study design and statistical analysis principles; collecting, interpreting and analysing data with a critical understanding of the appropriate contexts; gaining deeper theoretical understanding of the chosen specialised field of study; using subject knowledge and understanding to explore and solve familiar and unfamiliar problems; identifying areas that would benefit from further research within the selected medical specialty of choice; reading, writing about and discussing a range of literature on leadership and people management as it applies in clinical settings; critically reflecting upon the ways in which leadership and people management can affect performance outcomes; understanding of leadership skills development process through developing self-awareness: being aware of one’s own values, principles and assumptions and by being able to learn from experiences.