Overview
Key facts
It provides a supportive, richly informative, and accessible educational opportunity for healthcare professionals wishing to upskill or refresh their understanding of how common geriatric conditions present and are managed. The programme aims to develop clinically focused diagnostic skills through the use of interactive patient cases. It allows for opportunities to practice and develop diagnostic skills in a highly engaging format. It enhances the skills required to identify important clinical features to develop a diagnosis and formulate effective management plans for patients.
Royal College of Physicians offers the Medicine for the Older Person programme.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- interactive video, 2D & 3D animations, medical imagery and instructional competency-focused videos.
- Integrated access to Medical Libraries, Databases, Journals, e-books, research papers and drug formulary.
- A focus on mastery of competencies
- Online proctoring of formal, summative exams.
- A range of assignment types including multi-media assignments, focused on select competencies/skills.
- Real-time, synchronous tutorials via video conferencing and online discussion forums
- Development of learning communities within and beyond each programme.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 9 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Medicine View 38 other Short Courses in Medicine in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
It provides a supportive, richly informative, and accessible educational opportunity for healthcare professionals wishing to upskill or refresh their understanding of how common geriatric conditions present and are managed. The programme aims to develop clinically focused diagnostic skills through the use of interactive patient cases. It allows for opportunities to practice and develop diagnostic skills in a highly engaging format. It enhances the skills required to identify important clinical features to develop a diagnosis and formulate effective management plans for patients.
Tuition Fee
Funding
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