Pre-Hospital Critical Care Part-Time PGCert

Find out more about our Pre-Hospital Critical Care taught course at Warwick

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P-B91N

PGCert

Part-time: 1 year (PGCert)

6 October 2025

Warwick Medical School

University of Warwick

This course is aimed primarily at doctors, nurses, paramedics and AHPs who work within acute, emergency and critical care environments such as Emergency Departments, Intensive Care Units and Ambulance Services.

It is ideal for those practitioners who are developing their scope of practice towards an autonomous role.

The course is modular and organised in blocks of study lasting between four and six days at a time, which can be consecutive days within the same week or spread out over several weeks.

This is an interactive programme. You will learn through lectures and seminars, practical group work and guided reading. You will benefit from guided discussions and have the opportunity to practice the skills you have learnt during the sessions.

On completion of the three mandatory modules you will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate. If you decide you would like to pursue further study you can put your certificate towards a Master's qualification.

Class sizes will vary, however on average they comprise of 20-25 students.

Contact Hours

Critical Care Transfer

• 2 x 1,000-word written clinical reflections
• 4 x 15-minute Case Base Examination

Advanced Emergency Practice

• 4 x 15-minute Case Based Examination
• 2 x 1,000-word written assignment

Special Incident Management

• 2,000-word case study
• 1 x poster/ infographic

Reading Lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue.

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, listing your allocated lectures, seminars, and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you when you join us.

Applicants should:

• Be in a clinical post at Band 6 or above in a trainee ACP post or similar
• Have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health Care Professionals Council or Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Hold a BSc degree at 2nd class level, or evidence of Level 7 study.

Those without the academic qualifications will have a telephone interview with the course director for a special case request to be made.

• Band A
• With specific component scores of 6.5 in reading and writing.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

The course is modular and organised in blocks of study lasting between four and six days at a time, which can be consecutive days within the same week or spread out over several weeks.

You will study the following modules:

Please note: Teaching may be facilitated off-site on one of the study days, if required.

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International qualifications

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications although students will need to be practicing in the UK.

For more information, please visit the international entry requirements page.