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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.
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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 |
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| C06 Tropical Medicine |
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| C07 Aeromedicine |
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| C08 Trauma and Medical Emergencies |
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| C09 Incident and Response Planning |
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| C10 Evidence and Research in Remote Medicine |
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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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