Clinical Research, Education and Leadership PgCert

This one-year course is open to all health care staff and includes modules on clinical research, clinical education and clinical leadership. It is suited for doctors, dentists, nurses, veterinary surgeons and allied health professionals.<br/><br/>The course is taught part-time and is designed to be flexible and accessible to working healthcare professionals contributing towards research and professional development through reinforcement of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).<br/><br/>The programme has been developed by Cambridge University Health Partners (the academic health sciences centre), in conjunction with the School of Clinical Medicine and University of Cambridge Continuing and Professional Education (PACE). For students wishing to progress to higher awards, this course is the first part of our Clinical Medicine Pathway, leading to our Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Medicine (not running in 2026-27) and our MSt in Clinical Medicine. <br/><br/>All parts of the course (the postgraduate certificate, the postgraduate diploma, and the Master of Studies) are delivered with the following overarching educational aims to: <br/><br/><br/>- provide professionally relevant teaching and learning informed by research in an integrated clinical and teaching environment.<br/><br/><br/>- create an international cohort of healthcare professionals able to pursue and develop their roles in a rapidly-changing and challenging environment of clinical medicine.<br/><br/><br/>- develop the confidence within this cohort to lead service improvement for safe and high-quality patient care, with the required knowledge, skills and capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others in their clinical team and wider service.<br/><br/><br/>- develop clinicians with an understanding of teaching, professional development and assessment in the field of clinical medicine.<br/><br/><br/>- develop clinicians with an understanding of research methodologies and ethical considerations relevant to clinical medicine.<br/><br/><br/>- encourage participants to develop as reflective practitioners with the emotional intelligence, resilience and astuteness required to be effective clinical leaders.<br/><br/><br/>- encourage a commitment to intellectual challenge and evidence-based clinical practice informed by the latest conceptual and theoretical knowledge of clinical education, research methods, ethics and clinical leadership and governance. <br/><br/><br/>The Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research Education and Leadership forms the first year of the progression route to the MSt in Clinical Medicine. Upon successful completion of the postgraduate certificate, students would be eligible to apply for the one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Medicine, and following this the one-year MSt in Clinical Medicine.<br/><br/>Please note: <br/>- that the postgraduate diploma and MSt are not guaranteed to run each year. The postgraduate diploma will be paused in 2026-27 and the MSt will be paused in 2027-28.<br/><br/><br/>- the maximum break in study between awards is 5 years, provided that you maintain relevant clinical experience. The full MSt in Clinical Medicine must be completed in a maximum of 8 years.<br/>