Overview

The Medical Education programme at Cardiff University is committed to promoting excellence in learning and teaching for health professionals. It is for all medical, dental and other health professionals who aim to professionalise the role of the clinician as teacher.

This one year, full-time course, leads to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education.

This course recognises the diverse, complex and challenging contexts of both those new to educator roles and responsibilities and those with considerable years of experience. The overall aim of the course is to develop a community of educators committed to promote improvements in both ‘what’ and ‘how’ we teach future healthcare professionals.

The course is highly practical and aims to model best practice in learning and teaching and draws upon a wide range of innovative approaches to learner support and development. A comprehensive series of face-to-face modules will enable you to contribute to critical dialogues that promote deeper insights into educational theory and principles applied to clinical practice. This allows ample time to reflect on your own practice and to share experience and new insights with colleagues.

Career prospects

Health professionals have joined the course from around the world. Many graduates use the insights gained on the course to introduce innovations to their day to day teaching, whilst others go on to higher level roles and responsibilities to lead and promote excellence in learning and teaching at national and international levels.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Learning and Teaching in Clinical Education

Educational Media and Technologies

Assessing Learning

Evaluating Courses

Contemporary Issues in Medical Education

Educational Research Skills

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-18 00:00:00

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More details

We allocate places on a first-come, first-served basis, so we recommend you apply as early as possible.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Education Medicine Educational Research View 726 other Masters in Medicine in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

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90

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General requirements

Typically, you will need to have either:

an honours degree in a healthcare-related field, or an equivalent international degree

a university-recognised equivalent academic qualification

or be working in a healthcare-related field and hold professional registration with a recognised body.

This programme has been designed for teachers, trainers, educational supervisors, course coordinators, clinical, and college tutors so you will also need to demonstrate your interest/involvement in learning and teaching in healthcare contexts via the personal statement.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

12500 GBP / year

≈ 12500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

8400 GBP / year

≈ 8400 GBP / year

Living costs

Cardiff

United Kingdom

628 - 1066 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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General requirements

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