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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.
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Degree Programme Table: Critical Care (Online Learning) (PgDip) - 2 years (Part-time) (PTPGDCRITC1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
PG Diploma - This Award is taken over 2 years. You must complete 120 credits to gain this Award.

Year 1 has 60 credits of compulsory courses

Year 2 has 30 credits of compulsory courses and 30 credits of optional (elective) courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Unlocking the literature: Clinical Trials
CRCA11002 10 credits
Core Clinical Practice in Critical Care
CRCA11003 10 credits
Trauma, Toxicology and Temperature
CRCA11004 10 credits
Sepsis and Infection
CRCA11005 10 credits
Human Factors in Critical Care
CRCA11006 10 credits
Fundamentals of Organ Failure
CRCA11024 10 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
PG Diploma - This Award is taken over 2 years. You must complete 120 credits to gain this Award.

Year 1 has 60 credits of compulsory courses

Year 2 has 30 credits of compulsory courses and 30 credits of optional (elective) courses.


Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Advanced Critical Care
CRCA11014 10 credits
Unlocking the literature: Evidence to practice
CRCA11015 20 credits

Course options

Critical Care

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that elective course availability depends on student demand; courses with low enrolment may not run. Final confirmation of available electives and individual allocations will take place in consultation with students at the start of Year 2 of the programme
Neurological Critical Care
CRCA11010 10 credits
Maternal Critical Care
CRCA11012 10 credits
Perioperative Critical Care
CRCA11019 10 credits
Transplant Critical Care
CRCA11020 10 credits
Core Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine
CRCA11021 10 credits
Cutting edge critical care: research and clinical practice in a changing world
CRCA11022 10 credits
Leading Change in The Acute Healthcare Setting
CRCA11025 10 credits
Critical Care Recovery
CRCA11026 10 credits
Cardiac Management in Critical Care
CRCA11027 10 credits
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