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Respiratory Medicine at University of Birmingham at Edgbaston

This taught programme provides students with an overview of common conditions in respiratory medicine, their diagnosis and management, and the balance of public health, community and secondary care input to the overall service delivery in the speciality. It is taught using a mixture of lectures, tutorials, hands on practical sessions and workplace based elements. It will provide speciality training for budding respiratory specialists in primary or secondary care, either medical or allied healthcare professional.

The specific aims of the programme are to:

1. Provide an in-depth understanding of the common conditions and concepts relevant to community based respiratory medicine including:

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Asthma
  • Cough
  • Sleep apnoea

2. Equip students with a comprehensive understanding and practical knowledge of acute respiratory problems, and complex lung conditions managed in a secondary care setting including:

  • TB and other respiratory infections
  • Non-invasive ventilation
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Lung cancer
  • Cystic fibrosis

3. Provide students with the knowledge and practical skills to plan and deliver efficient and successful clinical services through case based learning and supervised clinical protocol design.

Level Masters
Discipline Medicine and Health Sciences
Duration 12 months
Intakes Jan, Sep
Application Fees GBP 0
Tuition Fees GBP 26640
Campus Edgbaston
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Admission Requirements
Language proficiency (minimum)
IELTS Not Required / Waiver
TOEFL Not Required / Waiver
PTE Not Required / Waiver
Duolingo Not Required / Waiver
Exam proficiency (minimum)
SAT Not Required / Waiver
ACT Not Required / Waiver
GRE Not Required / Waiver
GMAT Not Required / Waiver
Requirements

Minimum GPA - 75.0%

Rankings
QS Ranking 91
Times Higher Education 108
ARWU 503
Webometrics --
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