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Two Postgraduate Certificates of Advanced Studies, kept current after the award
Twelve weeks online with two livestreamed London Saturdays at the Royal Society of Medicine (4 September and 30 October 2027), for established GPs, pharmacist prescribers and advanced clinical practitioners.
Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Medicine (CAS-CVKM)
Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Medicine (CAS-CVKM)
Diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, lipids, blood pressure, obesity and MASLD taught as one system over twelve weeks, with a capstone presented and defended before the university's examiners.
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The twelve weeks, the assessment, the Living CAS, the evidence base.
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Open on learn.mdacumen.comPostgraduate CAS in Mid-Life Clinical Sciences and Reproductive Endocrinology
Postgraduate CAS in Mid-Life Clinical Sciences and Reproductive Endocrinology
Reproductive endocrinology and the HPG axis, the systemic clinical sciences of mid-life (cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic, musculoskeletal and neurological) and psychology, longevity and nutritional medicine, over twelve weeks, with a capstone presented and defended before the university's examiners.
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The programme
The twelve weeks, the assessment, the Living CAS, the evidence base.
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Open on learn.mdacumen.comThe award
The award
Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies awarded by New Vision University (UK Faculty); 10 ECTS (20 UK credits); course content EQF level 7 (70%) and EQF level 8 (30%). New Vision University is not a UK degree-awarding body; recognition of credit is at the discretion of receiving institutions. A university-authorised postgraduate award set to the structure of UK and European CAS programmes, it gives the expert knowledge and the clinical-governance grounding needed for extended-scope and extended-role practice in the topic, at neighbourhood level and as a GP with an extended role. Recognition for any role rests with the ICB or employer and the relevant national framework; the CAS prepares for it and does not by itself confer it. New Vision University is a Georgian university. Its primary medical qualification appears on the GMC’s list of overseas qualifications it may accept, subject to the GMC’s individual checks; that list concerns undergraduate medical degrees. The Certificate of Advanced Study is a postgraduate award made under NVU’s own authority. It is not a licence and carries no GMC recognition.
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Open on learn.mdacumen.comThe prospectus
The prospectus
The 2027 prospectus sets out both Postgraduate Certificates of Advanced Studies: the twelve weeks of each, the learning outcomes, how the programmes are taught and assessed, the award, and how to apply. Read it here or download the PDF.
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First cohort 1 September 2027; London Saturdays 4 September and 30 October 2027 at the Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street, livestreamed; the enrolment form opens July 2027.
For ICBs, training hubs and employers
For ICBs, training hubs and employers
Employer-funded seats are marked as such and invoiced to you; every capstone is a service transformation case or a multi-system case analysis for your own service.
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Open4 · The award
Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies awarded by New Vision University (UK Faculty); 10 ECTS (20 UK credits); course content EQF level 7 (70%) and EQF level 8 (30%). New Vision University is not a UK degree-awarding body; recognition of credit is at the discretion of receiving institutions.
It is an academic award, not a UK degree, GMC registration or specialist registration.
4b · Who conducts it, and who awards
This educational activity is conducted by MD Acumen. MD Acumen Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales (company number 16538952). MD Acumen is not an awarding body.
New Vision University is an international medical school listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS). It is an approved educational awarding body for undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Georgia. New Vision University is not a UK degree-awarding body.
Each course corresponds to 10 ECTS or 20 UK credits, approximately 200 to 250 hours of learning activity, including learning, assessment and a capstone mini-dissertation.
The educational activity, composition and governance arrangement of this course satisfy the New Vision University Academic Board; hence a Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies is awarded by New Vision University.
Every clinical statement is signed by a named GMC-registered clinician with the date and the guideline version relied on. Nothing reaches a learner unsigned. AI assists the drafting of our material, and no AI decides a mark.
6 · Sponsorship
No sponsorship agreement is in place for the 2027 cohort as at 18 October 2026. Sponsors contribute to the costs of the teaching. They do not influence the course content, the choice of speakers or any aspect of the governance of the award. No attendee data goes to a sponsor without the delegate's explicit consent.
When an agreement is signed this declaration reads: "This teaching day has received sponsorship from [Company] in the form of [an educational grant towards venue and livestreaming costs]. [Company] has had no input into the agenda, the content, the speakers or the materials, which remain the responsibility and copyright of MD Acumen Ltd." The sponsor register is updated within seven days.
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