Professional Development

Postgraduate Professional Development (PPD) is aimed at working professionals who want to advance their knowledge through a postgraduate-level course(s), without the time or financial commitment of a full Masters, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate.

You may take a maximum of 50 credits worth of courses over two years through our PPD scheme. These lead to a University of Edinburgh postgraduate award of academic credit. Alternatively, after one year of taking courses you can choose to transfer your credits and continue on to studying towards a higher award on a Masters, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate programme. Although PPD courses have various start dates throughout a year you may only start a Masters, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate programme in the month of September. Any time spent studying PPD will be deducted from the amount of time you will have left to complete a Masters, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate programme.

Course	Credits	Start date	Duration
Feline Medicine 1	10	September	100 hours
Feline Medicine 2	10	January	100 hours
Gastroenterology	10	January	100 hours
Hepatology	10	May	100 hours
Professional and Clinical Skills for Advanced Veterinary Practice	10	November	100 hours
Recent Advances in Internal Medicine	10	September	100 hours
Recent Advances in Production Animal Practice	10	September	100 hours
Standard Diagnostic Testing in Companion Animals	10	February	100 hours
Thoracic Imaging	10	February	100 hours
Renal and Urinary	10	May	100 hours
Companion Animal Respiratory Medicine 2	10	September	100 hours
Companion Animal Respiratory Medicine 1	10	April	100 hours
Veterinary Cardiology 2: Cardiac Diseases of the Cat and Dog	10	November	100 hours
Recent Advances in Equine Practice	10	September	100 hours
Standard Diagnostic Tests in Production Animal Practice	10	February	100 hours
Practical pathology and microbiology	10	January	100 hours
Approaches to wound management in horses	10	April	100 hours
Standard Diagnostic Tests in Equine Practice	10	February	100 hours
Poor athletic performance in horses	10	May	100 hours
Antimicrobial stewardship in companion animal practice	10	November	100 hours
Non-Surgical Musculoskeletal Disease	10	February	100 hours
Controlling Infectious Diseases in Beef and Dairy Cattle	10	September	100 hours
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine in Clinical Practice	10	January	100 hours
Ewe Survival	10	February	100 hours
Feeding for Production	10	April	100 hours
Foot Health	10	September	100 hours
Heifer Rearing	10	January	100 hours
Lamb Growth	10	November	100 hours
Lambing Percentage	10	May	100 hours
Management of the Beef Herd	10	April	100 hours
Udder Health	10	May	100 hours
Approaches to Gastrointestinal Surgery in Dogs and Cats	10	April	100 hours
Wound Management and Reconstructive Surgery in Dogs and Cats	10	April	100 hours
Bovine Reproduction: Beef and Dairy	10	November	100 hours
Principles of Exotic Pet Medicine	10	September	100 hours
Standard Diagnostic Testing in Exotic Pet Animals	10	February	100 hours
Rabbit Medicine	10	April	200 hours
Neurological Emergencies in dogs and cats	10	November	100 hours
Canine Endocrine Disorders	10	November	100 hours
Companion Animal Vitamin D Disorders	10	April	100 hours
Advancing the Care of Veterinary Patients	10	May	100 hours

How to apply

Applications must be made through the University's online postgraduate prospectus

Matriculation

In order for you to have access to the PPD of your choice you need to be enrolled as student. After we have accepted you onto the PPD, Academic Registry will send an email to your new University of Edinburgh Student email account asking you to fill in, sign and return a form for matriculation.

This article was published on 19 May, 2022