PG Diploma in Healthcare Ethics and Law

at University of Manchester

Course unit details

You will be required to complete 120 credits comprised of taught course units (each of 15 or 30 credits value).

The core course units are:

• Philosophical Bioethics (30 credits)
• Medico-Legal Problems (30 credits)
• International Issues in Healthcare Ethics and Law (30 credits)
   

You must also choose optional course units to a total value of 30 credits, from the following list:
 

Law-based

• Medicine, Law and Society (15 credits)
• Mental Health Law and Policy (15 credits)
• Ethics-based
• Research Ethics (15 credits)
• Ethics Genetics and Genomics (15 credits)
   

Course unit list

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
 

Title

• Philosophical Bioethics
• Medico-Legal Problems
• Mental Health Law and Policy
• Ethics & Genetics and Genomics
• Global Health Law and Bioethics
• Research Ethics
• Medicine, Law and Society

Academic entry qualification overview
 

• We require a UK bachelor's degree with a Lower-Second classification or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
• In exceptional circumstances , candidates who do not have a first degree, but can demonstrate professional competence, may be admitted on the Postgraduate Diploma course.
• When assessing your academic record we consider your degree subject, grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.
• There will be an opportunity to upgrade to the MA/LLM in Healthcare Ethics and Law. A decision as to whether transfer can take place will be made once marks for all taught components are available. Transfer is dependent upon you reaching master's level in the taught units.
   

English language
 

Applicants whose first language is not English should meet the following language requirements:

• IELTS Academic test score of 7 overall, including 7 in writing with no further component score below 6.5

• TOEFL IBT 100 with 25 in writing and no further score below 22 in each section. TOEFL code for Manchester is 0757

• Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 76 overall, with 76 in writing and no further score below 70
   

You are not required to submit an English language certificate at the time of application, however if you are eligible for an offer it will be subject to meeting our English language requirements.

• PGDip (full-time)
  
  UK students (per annum): £7,334
  
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £15,334

Successful graduates are able to progress within a wide variety of roles in both medical, legal and ethical fields.
 

Graduates from previous years have, for example, proceeded to specialise in medico-legal practice and academic careers, and the degrees have enhanced the careers of health care professionals.