Programme Structure

The programme is made up of 12 modules of approximately 100 hours of student learning each (approx. 3 months). Module 1 must be taken first and the remainder can be taken in any order depending on module availability. If modules are taken continuously the online element of the Diploma can be completed in around 3 years and in 1.5 years for the Certificate. The maximum time for completion of the Diploma is 5 years and 3 years for the Certificate.


All modules are modelled on being at Postgraduate Level, Scottish Qualification Framework level 11, equivalent to 10 credits.

Compulsory Optional Modules
C01     Health and Wellbeing of the Remote Worker O01     Tactical Medicine
C02     Occupational Health O02     Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
C03     Introduction to Communication and the Consultation O03    Learning and Teaching
C04     Telemedicine O04     Humanitarian and Disaster Medicine
C05     Dive Medicine
C06     Tropical Medicine
C07     Aeromedicine
C08     Trauma and Medical Emergencies
C09     Incident and Response Planning
C10     Evidence and Research in Remote Medicine

There is a compulsory 2 day residential at the end of the taught component in Edinburgh which all students must attend to be awarded the Diploma. This is not a requirement for Certificate students.


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