Overview

This Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Toxicology offered at Cardiff University is a part-time distance learning course for medical personnel.

Key facts

It is particularly designed for clinical pharmacologists in training, specialist trainees in accident and emergency medicine or acute medicine and other disciplines, and those intending to enter or already working in the pharmaceutical industry.

It is also designed for those working in poisons centres, for health professionals, including hospital and community pharmacists and for those with a degree in Life Sciences or other individuals seeking a career in the government regulatory bodies or the pharmaceutical or chemical industry.

The course aims to:

Introduce you to the broad principles underlying medical toxicology.
Seek to integrate an understanding of the mechanisms by which drugs and other chemicals produce toxic effects and how these can be predicted, treated and whenever possible, prevented.

A key aim of the teaching programme is to encourage critical thinking, as we aim to equip you with practical and factual knowledge and also provide a basic approach to toxicological problems, encouraging attitudes and abilities which will be of lasting value in the future.

Distinctive features

This is a distance learning course delivered entirely online so students can choose when and where to study. Case studies will provide opportunities to apply the theoretical knowledge in solving problems. This course is designed to give skills to candidates working or planning to work in various Toxicological fields which include clinical, laboratory, environmental and occupational and also in an advisory capacity.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Diagnosis and Management in Poisoning

Poisoning by Commonly Used Pharmaceuticals

Poisoning by Non-Pharmaceuticals

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-31 00:00:00

More details

We allocate places on a first-come, first-served basis, so we recommend you apply as early as possible. Applications normally close at the end of August

Language

English

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Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved an undergraduate degree in any science subject, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.

A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.

A personal statement which evidences your commitment to a career using toxicology.

If you do not have a degree in a relevant area, your application may be considered on the basis of relevant professional experience. Please provide additional evidence to support your application such as signed and dated employer references.

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Tuition Fees

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7850 GBP / year

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5350 GBP / year

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