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Post Graduate Diploma in Cardiodiabetes

7. A final summative examination Finally, any Postgraduate Diploma award enables
the individual to apply for the 12 month MSc course,
8. Eligibility to continue to a 12 month MSc with which is delivered in a similar format as the Diploma.
Plymouth University
Conclusion
Unique design of the Rila Institute
Postgraduate Diploma programmes The Postgraduate Diploma in Cardiodiabetes is an
innovative education programme to address the ed-
As previously mentioned, these are work based pro- ucation deficit in cardiodiabetes. It is delivered in a
grammes and the Postgraduate Diploma will follow work based format to enable the costs to be con-
standard format that Rila Institute has developed with tained and be minimally disruptive to participants. It
face to face time and a dedicated eLearning platform. is an easily scalable model that could be utilized by
public organisations and other healthcare bodies to
The key features are: support doctors to participate.
• The face to face contact time is fixed and partici-
pants are expected to attend these elements. This References
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• There is an endpoint formal summative examina-
tion
• Apart from the face to face components all ele-
ments can be done flexibly, usually requiring half
to one-day equivalent per week.
• The delivery mode means that participants can
continue to work while learning, do not need to
leave families for extended periods of time. There
is thus a huge cost saving to the individual
• The model of delivery and the relative low costs
of the delivery format means that more individuals
can access high quality education and the model
is scalable, by potentially enabling 100s of partici-
pants every year and therefore having a rapid and
significant impact on healthcare.
Award and graduation

The final award is made by Plymouth University Pen-
insula School of Medicine & Dentistry, UK. It is the
exact same award as if the participant had studied
in UK.
The award is 120 Level & Masters credits and has
international recognition as a clinical academic qual-
ification and is recognized formally by many national
medical councils e.g. Australia, Canada. The qualifi-
cation also enables individuals to gain employment
under many jurisdictions provided they can fullfil na-
tional regulatory requirements.
The successful individual is also eligible to attend the
formal graduation ceremony of their award in the UK
and information is provided on how to do this.

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