MSc/PgDip/PgCert Peri Operative Medicine
Specialist Course
Our new part-time masters degree supports anaesthetists approaching consultant level to become perioperative specialists. Itâs designed for qualified physicians with clinical practice experience in the care of perioperative patients, such as anaesthetists, surgeons, and geriatricians.
Weâve developed this course to help you further develop your knowledge and skills in perioperative medicine and provide evidence to support progression to a consultant level role.
Youâll be taught via blended learning, through methods such as weekly tasks supported by online sessions and discussion forums and group work to help you network and share best practice with fellow students.
You can exit this course with a Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or Masters Degree (MSc) in Perioperative Medicine.
Teaching Expertise
On our MSc Perioperative Medicine course, youâll learn from clinical staff working at Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust (MFT) and Manchester Met.
Our teaching team hold senior roles in perioperative medicine and their experience spans the areas of anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, geriatrics, surgery and intensive care medicine.
As youâll be part of a multidisciplinary team in your clinical role, youâll also have teaching from practitioners including nurses and physiotherapists.
In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 100% of our research impact was rated as âworld-leadingâ or âinternationally excellentâ (REF, 2014). For you, that means being taught by academics who are experts in their fieldand becoming an important part of that community.
Core Modules
- Evidence-based practice
- Pre-operative preparation
- Post-operative care and complications
- Research methods of quality improvement
- High risk surgical patient
- Project in practice
âThis new course is for both doctors in training and established consultants wishing to develop their knowledge and skills in perioperative medicine. Perioperative specialists from Greater Manchester and beyond will deliver course content in key areas including preoperative preparation, postoperative complications, high-risk surgical patients and perioperative quality and safety.â
Dr Daniel Conway Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Clinical Director Perioperative Medicine, Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Discover more about our course here
Contact
For any questions about this programme, or for help with your application, please contact course enquiries.
Medicine at Manchester Met
In collaboration with NHS partners, we have developed a suite of taught postgraduate medicine courses aimed at upskilling medical professionals in the areas needed most by Trusts and residents across the region. Postgraduate Medicine at Manchester Met is a university wide initiative that brings together medical educators, researchers and healthcare professionals to help strengthen the North West workforce.
You'll learn from experts who have real insight and experience of working in practice. Our expertise ranges from physicians, consultants and practitioners in the NHS to professionals working in elite levels of sport medicine and performance.