Full time
1 year
SEP-24
MSc - Master of Science
Disaster Mitigation Medicine (General)
Taught
Are you a healthcare, emergency or urgent care professional who is considering venturing into the exciting and expanding field of Disaster Medicine? The MSc Disaster Medicine course expands the scope of your skills, enabling you to work as part of a disaster response team – delivering, planning and co-ordinating disaster and conflict healthcare.
Delivering healthcare to communities affected by disasters, be they natural or man-made, is an aspect of healthcare that is both demanding and immensely rewarding.?This course will see you acquire the specific skills and expertise required to adapt and respond to the needs of communities when they are at their most vulnerable.
Designed by medical professionals with experience in disaster and conflict medicine, the course also provides you with the skills required to plan, manage and deliver a medical programme under challenging conditions, whilst also considering ethical, legal and logistical issues.
Why study with us
Future Careers
The skills and knowledge gained on this course can be usefully applied on short-term deployments to a disaster zone, or in employment with international relief agencies and organisations.
Intercalating medical students may use this qualification as the foundation for further study and specialist practice following qualification.
For this course (per year)
£9,500
For this course (per year)
£16,900
Applicants must hold a medically related qualification or have completed the penultimate year of a medical degree or relevant professional qualification. Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits in the light of the nature and scope of the programme and if they have relevant experience such as armed forces.
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