Program Overview

Medical Microbiology, MSc/PGDip

Our MSc/PGDip in Medical Microbiology is perfect for health sector employees aiming to develop or enhance their microbiology skills.

Overview

Our Medical Microbiology Programmes are online degrees aimed at health sector employees looking to develop or enhance your skills as a microbiologist. The programmes are designed to provide an advanced understanding of microorganisms that cause disease in humans, their diagnosis and management and is taught by a wide range of academics and eminent health sector employees. Students can choose from an extensive variety of modules enabling them to tailor the programme to suit their areas of interest and career aspirations.

Course Structure

You can study our modules individually for your continuing professional development (CPD) or follow a specific pathway to pursue a postgraduate award (PGCert / PGDip / MSc) in Medical Microbiology. Our intensive 12-week taught modules provide health sector employees the tools to enhance their microbiology skills and understanding. To complete the master's degree (MSc), you will also conduct a medical microbiology-focused workplace project.

Modules

• Management of Healthcare Associated Infection (30 credits)
• Medical Mycology (30 credits)
• Parasitology (30 credits)
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (30 credits)
• Antibiotics (30 credits)
• Genomics (30 credits)
• Clinical Data Interpretation (30 credits)
• Point of Care Testing (30 credits)
• Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis in Healthcare Settings (30 credits)
• Analysis of Nucleic Acids (30 credits)
• Blood Film Morphology (30 credits)
• Managing Learning and Development in Healthcare (30 credits)
• Robotics and Automation (in Laboratory Science) (30 credits)

Entry Requirements

UK Citizens and Permanent Residents

• An undergraduate (honours) degree at 2:2, or above, in a relevant subject.
• Applicants without a degree that have professional clinical qualifications or relevant professional experience in healthcare/the NHS may be considered.
• Applicants are also expected to be registered practitioners.

International Entry Requirements

• The University of Greenwich accepts a broad range of international qualifications for admission to our courses.
• For detailed information on the academic and English language requirements, please find your country in our directory.

Fees and Funding

• Details of costs and fees can be viewed at BioMed.
• We offer a wide range of financial help including scholarships and bursaries.

Careers and Placements

• Courses are suitable for healthcare professionals including biomedical, clinical and research scientists; laboratory, hospital and health service managers; nurses, pharmacists and medical technical officers; quality, health and safety and risk and governance managers.
• BioMed Online helps employees across the health sector to stay abreast of the latest developments in biomedical science and related subjects.

Support and Advice

• The BioMed team ensures that the course is updated regularly, using student and tutor reports, workplace reports, external examiner reports and consultations with subject matter experts.
• Technical support for this programme is provided by the Product Manager.
• The Admin Manager and Administrator at BioMed is available for administrative matters and advice.

School

• Science

Duration

• 1-7 years distance learning

Start Month

• October; April

Accreditation

• Accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science

What You Will Study

• Complete two 12-week modules to gain a PGCert in Medical Microbiology.
• Complete four 12-week modules to gain a PGDip in Medical Microbiology.
• Complete four modules and a research project to gain an MSc in Medical Microbiology.

Learning Experience

• Structured learning and teaching activities encourage interaction and engagement between students and tutors using online communication tools.
• The 60-credit research project (MSc only) is designed to be relevant to your profession and of benefit to your workplace.

Class Sizes

• Courses are delivered in small groups with a high level of student support.
• Tutor-to-student ratio is 1:10.

Independent Learning

• Your tutor will help you develop your knowledge and skills as you work through the course.
• Self-management and professional development is integral to the course.
• Modules are updated each time they are run, so the material is always current and appropriate for the skills you need.

Overall Workload

• The courses are designed to give you 60 hours of learning over 12 weeks.
• You will work hard for a short period.
• Experience has shown that this is the best period of time for working with distance-learning materials.

Assessment

• The assessment procedure is different for each course.
• The assessments include quizzes, reports, presentations and project work.
• Your course tutor will guide you through them.
• The research project (MSc) should be of a standard suitable for publication in a scientific journal or equivalent.

Feedback Summary

• Weekly online discussion sessions are scheduled into the course timetable to provide swift feedback on activities.
• Feedback is conducted one-to-one between tutor and student online and is monitored by the course team to ensure support is continuously maintained.

Dates and Timetables

• Terms run from October to January, and April to July.