Short Courses
Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Short Courses are perfectly suited to healthcare professionals looking to gain new skills for the workplace.
Please note, CPD Short Courses don't include academic credit. Please browse our Top-Up Courses for flexible, short courses that count towards a qualification.
Simply find your perfect course below, then head to How to Apply to a CPD Course for application details.

- Aquanatal
- Short Course
- The aquanatal course at Birmingham City University is run and designed by midwives for midwives and allied health professional involved in the care of pregnant women. It is a 2-day course,...

- Bereavement Counselling
- Short Course
- This course will be of interest to you if you work in health care and have to deal with bereavement, and it would be useful, but not essential, for you to have a knowledge of counselling skills....

- Health Assessment
- Short Course
- This course is for Health Care professionals who will be required to undertake patient assessment, usually as first responders. This course is also ideal for those wishing to undertake non-medical...

- Immunisation and Vaccination Online Moodle Course
- Short Course
- This is the Core Course which follows the recommendations of the Health Protection Agency (2005).
In agreement with the Trusts in Birmingham, practitioners who are recommended to access this...

- Intravenous Injection for Radiographers
- Short Course
- If you wish to gain accreditation for intravenous injection skills and want to acquire the skills to practise safely, this course will be of interest to you.
The course addresses the key...

- Introduction to Counselling Skills
- Short Course
- You should attend this course if you work in health care and wish to enhance your current knowledge of counselling skills to a level where you will enhance patient care.
Throughout the three days...

- Non-Managerial Clinical Supervision
- Short Course
- Although this course was designed for allied health care professionals and health care scientists it is also suitable for nurses and other health care professionals who are taking on extended roles...