This course is for you if you are a clinician, a senior nurse or an allied health professional working in critical care. This programme is designed to give you a thorough grounding in critical care medicine, together with the tools to maintain your knowledge over a course of advanced, specialist instruction. We aim to ensure that you acquire the theoretical understanding and skills to advance and promote knowledge in this specialty and develop your leadership skills. This programme will: Provide advanced theoretical and practical teaching that covers a broad range of key topics related to the management of the critically ill or injured patient; Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence so that you can lead the provision of the highest standards of critical care; Develop and demonstrate your competence in a critical appraisal of research and your skills in conducting robust clinical audit. You will receive advanced, specialist instruction from a faculty of world leading intensivists. We have modern state-of-the-art buildings alongside more traditional facilities such as our fantastic library. The modular nature of the programme is designed to fit in with your full-time employment. You will play an active part in your acquisition of skills and knowledge. Teaching is by a mixture of formal lectures and small group seminars. The seminars are designed to generate informed discussion around set topics, and may involve student presentations, group exercise and role-play as well as open discussion. We take pride in the close and friendly working relationship we have with our students. You are assigned an Academic Adviser who will guide you in both academic and pastoral matters throughout your time at Queen Mary. The direction of your individual study will be guided by the formal study sessions you attend, along with your reading lists and assignments. However, we expect you to demonstrate an active role in your own learning by reading widely and expanding your own knowledge, understanding and critical ability. Independent study will foster in you the ability to identify your own learning needs and determine which areas you need to focus on to become proficient in your subject area. This is an important transferable skill and will help to prepare you for the transition to working life. Each module will be assessed on the basis of written work, examination and presentations.