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Diplomas and Certificates

You can now get a Diploma or Certificate from your online study.

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 • If you already know that you want to study with us, just fill in the form to the right to submit your enquiry.

These new Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate awards, offered as part of the BioMed Online programme, are designed for:

  • Biomedical scientists
  • Clinical scientists
  • Laboratory, hospital and health service managers
  • Other healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists and medical technical officers
  • Quality managers
  • Health and safety managers
  • Risk and governance managers.

For a Diploma, complete four online courses within five years; for a Certificate, complete two online courses within three years. The course options for named Diplomas or Certificates are shown below.

PG Diploma Biomedical Science*

(P13566)

Delivered online

PG Diploma Haematology

(Exit award from MSc Haematology P13961)

Delivered online

 PG Diploma Healthcare Management

(P13391 or Exit award from MSc Healthcare Management P13959)

Delivered online

PG Diploma Healthcare Quality Management

(P13392 or Exit award from MSc Healthcare Quality Management P13960)

Delivered online

Choose four online courses from:

  • Advanced Human Genetics
  • Analysis of Nucleic Acids 
  • Antibiotics 
  • Applied Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Blood Film Morphology - Workplace required
  • Blood Transfusion - Workplace required
  • Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis in Healthcare Settings 
  • Clinical Data Interpretation 
  • Diabetes and the Clinical Laboratory 
  • Diagnosis of Breast Cancer 
  • Diagnostic Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Genomics 
  • Governance and Risk Management 
  • Haematological Malignancies - Workplace required
  • Haemoglobinopathies - Workplace required
  • Haemolytic Anaemias - Workplace required
  • Healthcare Law and Ethics
  • Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cellular Pathology - Workplace required
  • Implementing Advanced Quality Management - Workplace required
  • Lung Disease 
  • Management of Healthcare Associated Infection 
  • Managing Learning and Development in Healthcare - Workplace required
  • Medical Mycology 
  • Parasitology 
  • Point of Care Testing 
  • Quality Systems Management 
  • Renal Disease 
  • Robotics and Automation (in Laboratory Science) - Workplace required

Compulsory online courses

  • Blood Transfusion - Workplace required
  • Haematological Malignancies - Workplace required

Choose one online course from:

  • Applied Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Blood Film Morphology - Workplace required
  • Diagnostic Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Genomics 
  • Healthcare Law and Ethics

Choose one online course from:

  • Blood Film Morphology - Workplace required
  • Genomics 
  • Haemoglobinopathies - Workplace required
  • Haemolytic Anaemias - Workplace required
  • Healthcare Law and Ethics

Choose one online course from:

  • Applied Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Diagnostic Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Governance and Risk Management
  • Haematological Malignancies - Workplace required
  • Haemoglobinopathies - Workplace required
  • Haemolytic Anaemias - Workplace required
  • Implementing Advanced Quality Management - Workplace required
  • Quality Systems Management 

Choose three online courses from:

  • Antibiotics 
  • Blood Film Morphology - Workplace required
  • Blood Transfusion - Workplace required
  • Clinical Data Interpretation 
  • Diabetes and the Clinical Laboratory
  • Genomics 
  • Governance and Risk Management
  • Healthcare Law and Ethics
  • Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cellular Pathology - Workplace required
  • Management of Healthcare Associated Infection 
  • Managing Learning and Development in Healthcare - Workplace required
  • Medical Mycology 
  • Parasitology 
  • Point of Care Testing 
  • Robotics and Automation (in Laboratory Science) - Workplace required

Compulsory online courses

  • Governance and Risk Management
  • Implementing Advanced Quality Management - Workplace required
  • Quality Systems Management

Choose one online course from:

  • Applied Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Blood Film Morphology - Workplace required
  • Blood Transfusion - Workplace required
  • Clinical Data Interpretation
  • Diagnostic Haemostasis and Thrombosis - Workplace required
  • Genomics 
  • Haematological Malignancies - Workplace required
  • Haemoglobinopathies - Workplace required
  • Haemolytic Anaemias - Workplace required
  • Healthcare Law and Ethics
  • Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cellular Pathology - Workplace required
  • Management of Healthcare Associated Infection
  • Managing Learning and Development in Healthcare - Workplace required
  • Point of Care Testing
  • Robotics and Automation (in Laboratory Science) - Workplace required

PG Cert Biomedical Science*

(P13565)

PG Cert Haematology

(Exit award from MSc Haematology P13961)

PG Cert Healthcare Management

(Exit award from PG Diploma Healthcare Management P13391 or MSc Healthcare Management P13959)

PG Cert Healthcare Quality Management

(Exit award from PG Diploma Healthcare Quality Management P13392 or MSc Healthcare Quality Management P13960)

Choose any two online courses from those included in the PG Diploma

 

Choose any two online courses from those included in the PG Diploma

 

Choose any two online courses from those included in the PG Diploma

 

Choose any two online courses from those included in the PG Diploma

 

*Please note that the MSc Biomedical Science (P14430), PG Cert Biomedical Science (P14431) and PG Diploma Biomedical Science (P14432) will be awarded to Applicants/New students joining from September 2024. MSc Biomedical Science (Online), PG Diploma Biomedical Science (Online) and PG Cert Biomedical Science (Online) awards will continue to apply to students who joined the programme before September 2024.