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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Get the skills you need to progress your career, with professional development courses from Newcastle University.

Our professional development courses

Our professional development courses combine world-leading research with specialist expertise. You can develop the knowledge you need to succeed in a healthcare environment.


Exploring 3D Anatomy

Join Dr Iain Keenan and Mr Leonard Shapiro in this online course which will help you improve your three-dimensional (3D) spatial awareness, and your conceptualisation of 3D human anatomy.

Ageing

Learn how ageing affects individuals and businesses, and the opportunities it brings for innovation, in this online course created by experts from our National Innovation Centre for Ageing.

Autism Diagnosis

Autism Clinical Interview for Adults (ACIA)

Learn how to administer and complete the Autism Clinical Interview for Adults materials, and gain access to free of charge ACIA schedules to enable professionals to make reliable Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses in adults and teenagers aged 16+. 

Clinical Trials

Develop your clinical trials skills and discover how to use adaptive design to develop more efficient, informative and ethical clinical trials.

Dental Sciences

Dental Sciences

CPD webinars through to practical content which link to the General Dental Council development outcomes, helping the dental team meet their verifiable requirements.

 

Health Informatics

Leadership in Health Informatics: An Introduction

An introduction to leadership in the context of health informatics, within the structures of the NHS and social care.

Introduction to Health Information Systems Interoperability

Explore the role and usage of interoperability standards within healthcare information systems and the organisations that create and maintain these standards.

Human Computer Interaction in Healthcare

An introduction into the field of human computer interaction as a field of research and gain an understanding about how its interface design is critically important in context of digital health.

Clinical Information Systems

Gain an overview of Clinical Information System (CIS) in healthcare and learn how Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) can assist human-decision making and lead to improved care outcomes.

Digital Ethics in Healthcare

Explore ethical considerations around digital innovation in healthcare and health systems and how digital ethics such as artificial intelligence and data collection and reuse apply in health contexts.

SNOMED CT Basics

Learn the basics, and the capabilities, structure and content and of SNOMED CT, the NHS's electronic health records system, through hands-on activities.

Cyber Security for Healthcare

Learn fundamental concepts of cyber security and gain understanding of information system security requirements and good practices to establish a security culture.

Data Privacy and Protection in Healthcare

Gain an understanding of the key provisions of GDPR applicable to health data and the rights and obligations associated with processing it.

Digital Health Technologies

An introduction to understanding how digital information and enabling technologies based on such information are influencing current medical practices and the possibilities for the future. 

Clinical Informatics in Practice

A practical session on the Design and Implementation of a large Health Informatics Transformation Programme in the NHS.

 

Human Tissue

Learn about best practice when working with human tissue, and how to ensure compliance with the Human Tissue Act in the research sector.

Paediatrics

Learn to detect early atypical motor behaviour in infants 0-6 months old. Relevant to those working with infants, especially front-line community healthcare professionals.

Population Health Sciences

Gain an introduction to how evidence gap maps (EGMs) are used to review evidence