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Courses and Qualifications

Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce

www.agcc.co.uk/training
Over 160 training courses annually, course sectors include management, personal development, skills for business, vocational qualifications
Training facilities are at Bridge of Don Aberdeen.

NHS Health Scotland Training Courses

www.healthscotland.com/learning/index.aspx
This resource offers information on courses and conferences, training material, CPD and Research.

Aberdeen Learning Online

www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/aberdeenlearning
The website provides information on various sources of on-line learning which are available free of charge to learners.

The Robert Gordon University

Courses for health professionals
Compare course content, check accreditations, find out more about work placements. Focus on the information that matters to you as you make decisions to enhance your career.

Distance and flexible options to learn and study
Study online through our virtual learning environment and interact with lecturers and fellow students from around the world.

Professional Development
Professional Development is an ideal way to boost your career prospects and make you better at your job.  Through flexible study you can update your knowledge and skills and fit your study around your other responsibilities.

Masters Health Promotion Degree (MSc/PGDip/ PGCert)
This unique course provides you with an ideal opportunity to enhance and reflect on your working practice and focus on how multi agency partnerships can improve the health of your client population, whether they are within the National Health Service or Local Authority.

The University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen University - Life Sciences & Medicine

BSc Health Sciences Modules

  • Foundations of health
  • Introduction to research 
  • Epidemiology, demography and medical statistics 
  • Sociology of health and illness 
  • Nutrition, health and disease 
  • Health Promotion 
  • Economic evaluation 
  • Health services research

MSc Health Services and Public Health Research
The aim of the MSc curriculum is to provide a broad-based training in the conduct and application of health services and public health research.  After completion of the MSc, students will be able to:

  • Design and carry out health services and public health research projects
  • Select research methods for different service questions
  • Apply skills of information processing, computing and statistical analysis 
  • Understand the main issues and constraints in achieving evidence-based health care and public health strategies

Postgraduate Certificate in Health Economics
This course is aimed at individuals wishing to familiarise themselves with methods used by health economists to aid the allocation of scarce health care resources.

Open University

Health and Social care / Health Studies
Courses available through the Open University include the recently launched Certificate in Promoting Public Health  - 60 point third level undergraduate course.

The University of Dundee

MPH & Diploma in Public Health 
Public Health programmes are intended for graduates in the health related sciences including medicine, nursing and professions allied to medicine.

Moray College, Elgin

Cert/Dip/BA Health Studies

Glasgow Caledonian University

Postgraduate Certificate - Partnership Working in Health & Social Care
This new Postgraduate certificate offers a programme of four modules that have the potential to impact on the quality of interdisciplinary working practices of health and social care professionals. Learning and teaching strategies have been designed to mimic the working practices of students, who work in small multi-disciplinary teams drawing on their own experiences to facilitate the dissemination of best practice.

The University Of Glasgow

Glasgow University Website
Various Courses Available

The University of Stirling

Masters (MRes) Health Research
Developments in healthcare professions and government policy point to the need for a rigorous, high-quality, interdisciplinary research training programme in Scotland.