Postgraduate Diploma / MSc Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
Provided by Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
About the course
Designed for Doctors interested in Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus,
Metabolism and Clinical Chemistry in the UK and abroad. Allied Health professionals can be admitted on the basis of working as a specialist in the field and with a science based degree with a 2:1 or above. An exciting programme offered by The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine. The course includes teaching from leading and international experts and flexible learning activities including online lectures, podcasts, guided reading, case analysis, 'ask the expert' and 'hot' topics
The programme consists of:
A taught programme over 4 semesters (leading to a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of London) covering the following modules:
Generic Skills and Core Knowledge
Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Thyroid, Parathyroids and Bone
Reproductive, Pregnancy and Paediatric Endocrinology
Metabolism, Energy Balance and Lipids
Adrenal Medulla and Cortex
Either Genetics, Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumour Or Clinical Chemistry
Diabetes Mellitus
Examined by assignments submitted with each module and a final examination to take place in a local centre after the final module.
This programme may be followed by a subsequent dissertation module based on either an independent research project or clinical cases.