Perioperative Medicine

Overview

This Perioperative Medicine MSc at the University College London (UCL) is ideally suited to a wide range of healthcare professionals who care for surgical patients, including anaesthetists, surgeons, geriatricians and physicians.

Why study this degree at UCL?

Perioperative Medicine is a new and exciting specialty where currently few high-quality learning opportunities exist. In this course UCL has combines its own personal strong reputation in the field with more than 40 international expert authors from over 25 international institutions to provide a state of the art, evidence-based product of the highest academic quality. 

UCL is home to a centre of academic excellence, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe). Through this association, the Perioperative Medicine Group has attracted collaborations with an international faculty of experts in this new and exciting specialty. This wealth of knowledge and expertise has enabled the development of a high-quality programme delivered directly by experts to students.

This innovative programme, delivered by innovative e-learning methods seeks to develop an international community of learners, not limited by distance, who will benefit from shared online educational activities.

Careers

UCL's Perioperative Medicine (POM) MSc will provide an internationally recognised qualification with real value in the workplace, as it prepares graduates for senior leadership positions in the field. Not only will graduates have enhanced their individual clinical knowledge, skills and attitudes, but they will also be equipped to influence POM service development and to teach and train the next generation of healthcare workers.  

Employability

This is a higher degree with real value in the workplace as it prepares graduates for senior positions in the field. You will develop a deep understanding of the evidence base, and utilising this to effect changes in perioperative process and outcome is central to the programme.