Education for Postgraduate Medical Practice

Candidates will normally be senior clinicians who have completed their speciality training programme and who teach in the clinical setting.

Those without a medical degree qualification must have a first degree of which the classification will normally be a 2:1 or above. There is no requirement for this degree to be in a health-related subject but the candidate must be working with doctors in the clinical setting.

All candidates who complete an application form and provide a supporting reference will be interviewed. Students will be assessed on an individual basis to determine if they meet the academic criteria and the relevance of their workplace experience.

To be accepted on the programme, all candidates need to agree to be observed in the clinical setting, to confirm that they can commit appropriate time to the course and its demands, and can attend at minimum four and a half of the five teaching days or equivalent for each module

Where candidates can offer equivalent study or experience from elsewhere to meet the requirements of part of the programme, this will be subjected to normal AP(E)L/APL regulations. Participants will normally be asked to undertake a bespoke series of several sessions and/or a written assignment, together with two teaching observations. However, this will depend on the nature of the applicant's prior experience and will be negotiated on an individual basis with the Programme Leader and module leaders.