Become A Marvellous Medic

Develop Your Surgical Skills

Nine full days of hands-on practical training, interactive discussions and essential theory.

The best way to develop your skills is by practising techniques in a supportive environment with the direct help of expert and approachable tutors.

You’ll cover the essentials of small animal internal medicine, as well as the key medical subspecialities of dermatology, ophthalmology, medical oncology, neurology and infectious disease.

Focused Attendance Sessions

Just three attendance sessions, each of 3 days, to reinforce your learning, teach you new practical skills and minimise disruption to your life. Held at the CPD Solutions Training Centre in Studley, Warwickshire.

Module 1: Small Animal Gastroenterology, Urology and Critical Care
Module 2: Small Animal Endocrinology, Immunology and Cardiorespiratory Medicine
Module 3: Small Animal Medical Subspecialities

Use Your New Skills Straight Away

Use your new skills from day one in your practice to enable you to carry out more effective procedures, increase practice revenue and provide a more convenient in house service for your patients and their owners.

Gain A Valuable Qualification

The PgCertMed delivered by CPD Solutions and validated by the University of Central Lancashire represents 60 academic credits at Masters Level 7 within the Quality Assurance Agency’s higher education framework.

No formal exams – your assessment is via reflective portfolios, consisting of a case log (minimum 10 cases for each Module); alongside a 4000 word critically reflective essay for Module 1; a case log, 2000 word critically reflective essay and an oral assessment for Module 2; and a case log and three reflective case reports (total 4000 words) for Module 3.

Extensive Learning Resources

The course is delivered via blended learning. Each module comprises 21 hours of face to face practical workshops, 25 hours directed online learning and 154 hours of self-directed study using the available resources.

Extensive online resources provide a framework for your studies – webinars, Online Mini Series, practical notes, self-assessment MCQs, access to the University’s elibrary and resources, online textbooks and journals, and bespoke reflective writing resources. With unlimited access during your study.

You also benefit from a full 12 months of additional access to the CPD Solutions resources after you complete your PgCert.

Get The Support You Need

You’ll get support from your tutors throughout the course. Face to face workshops will help develop your clinical and decision-making skills, and your personal tutor will guide your self-directed studies with constructive feedback on your work.

Your academic tutors are specialists in their field: Nick Bexfield, Will Bayton, Mattia Basili, Debbie Gow, Paul Freeman, Georgie Fricker and Sarah Stewart.

Can I Register for this PgCert?

Applicants for this study route must hold a veterinary degree and have at least 2 years postgraduate clinical experience.

Applicants must have access to suitable veterinary clinical cases to facilitate work-based learning reflections.

UK based applicants must be on the RCVS UK practising register.

EU/International students who are not RCVS members will need to satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of The University of Central Lancashire.