Online healthcare education degrees

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Learn to develop, deliver, and research first-class clinical education.

Study flexibly with our part-time online qualifications, and earn a postgraduate certificate (PgCert), postgraduate diploma (PgDip), or Masters degree.

  • Gain healthcare education certification while you work.
  • Our flexible part-time courses allow you to continue to work full-time.
  • Pay-per-term fees help you spread the cost.
PgCert • PgDip • MSc

Advanced Clinical Practice

Develop your advancing career in healthcare with a uniquely flexible MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, tailored just for you. 10% NHS staff discount.

  • Blended learning
  • January or September
PgCert • PgDip • MSc

Clinical Education

Become an outstanding clinical educator with our distance learning clinical education training. Study online and earn a PgCert, PgDip or MSc in Clinical Education while you work. 10% NHS discount.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
PgCert

Research Methods for Health

Learn to design and carry out healthcare research projects. Study part-time with active health researchers at an award-winning health sciences university. 10% NHS staff discount.

  • Online learning
  • January or September
MSc

Special Care Dentistry

Earn your MSc in Special Care Dentistry online, in a part-time programme that fits around your current practice. 10% NHS staff discount.

  • Online learning
  • September

Healthcare education short courses

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Use our short medical education courses to:

  • gain postgraduate medical training while you work
  • learn online, on-campus and on-the-job with healthcare education experts
  • earn credits towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.

Progress your career in medical education. Find your first course to get started.

Short course

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Health, Law, and Socio-Cultural Sensitivity

Learn to recognise, report and prevent FGM practices. Join our free online course for anyone with safeguarding duties, including health and social care professionals.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
Short course

Leadership in Higher / Clinical Education

Join a unique healthcare leadership course that focuses on leadership in clinical education. Study part-time online. 10% discount for NHS staff.

  • Online learning
  • September
Short course

Management of Emergency Injuries for Advanced Practitioners

Join our blended learning course and prepare for a clinical role as an Advanced Autonomous Practitioner within settings including pre-hospital, Community, Primary or Emergency care.

  • Blended learning
  • September
Short course

Mental Health and Working with Vulnerable Groups

Develop your skills in mental health care and assessment, and earn credits towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice. 10% discount for NHS staff.

  • Blended learning
  • January
Short course

Non-Medical Prescribing (V300)

Earn the V300 qualification you need to become an independent or supplementary prescriber with our blended-learning course.

  • Blended learning
  • September
Short course

Professional and Clinical Development in Critical Care Nursing

Join our blended learning courses for critical care nurses. Earn the credits you need to meet the National Education requirements to work in critical care.

  • Blended learning
  • January or September
Short course

Teaching and Facilitating Learning in Clinical Education

Learn to maintain an effective learning environment and engage a range of different learners with this flexible online course. 10% NHS staff discount.

  • Online learning
  • January
1st in the UK for Medicine (Guardian University Guide 2024)

Join one of the UK’s best medical schools

We’re ranked first in the UK for Medicine by the Guardian University Guide 2025.

Why choose us for postgraduate medical training?

Outstanding expertise

We’ve been teaching Medicine here for over 500 years. You’ll be joining an ancient UK university, founded in 1495.

Medical education driven by research

We’re proudly home to the largest and most prolific healthcare education research group in the UK.

Our Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation (CHERI) ensures your teaching is delivered at the forefront of medical education. Find out more about CHERI’s research.

Healthcare education funding

Cut the cost of your healthcare studies with our range of medical education funding and discounts.

10% NHS discount

All NHS staff receive 10% off postgraduate taught short courses, certificates, diplomas and degrees offered by our School of Medicine, Medical Science and Nutrition.

20% Alumni discount

University of Aberdeen graduates receive 20% off fees for our postgraduate taught short courses, certificates, diplomas and degrees.

Healthcare education careers

Get ready to enhance and advance clinical education practice, wherever you work.

Our online and blended healthcare education courses can help you to progress within a range of healthcare professions.

Graduates of our MSc Clinical Education have gone on to develop as educators in a variety of roles, including Lecturers in Medical Education, Clinical Supervisors, and Simulation Faculty.

Career opportunities include:

  • Further study (PhD)
  • Clinical academic jobs in universities (Lecturer, Researcher)
  • Clinical educational roles, including those requiring recognition and approval by the General Medical Council (Educational Supervisor)
  • Lead roles (Director of Medical Education, Training Programme Director)

Study clinical education on campus instead

Alongside our blended learning and online courses and degrees, we offer lots of postgraduate on-campus options for those interested in healthcare education and research.

See on-campus study options.

Explore our fantastic facilities

Choose an on-campus or blended course and you’ll join us at our Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen. It’s one of the largest health campuses in Europe.

It’s a joint site for the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian.

Foresterhill is home to our outstanding medical school, a large teaching hospital, maternity and children’s hospitals, and the Rowett Institute for Nutrition.