Advanced clinical-practice education
European-standard education for the clinicians delivering modern primary care
MD Acumen designs standalone Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) programmes for GPs, prescribing pharmacists and advanced clinical practitioners — taught as connected clinical systems, assessed to FHEQ Level 7, and kept up to date.
Reviewed and kept current
Last editorial review: 6 June 2026 · Next scheduled refresh: 1 September 2026.
Two schools, one standard — every stage of primary care
Advance your own scope of practice, equip a team, bring UK-calibre education to an international school — or begin the journey at our undergraduate institute. Start here.
For practitioners
Standalone CAS courses across cardiometabolic, menopause & andropause, and headache medicine — extended-scope education that builds confident, current prescribers.
Explore programmesFor institutions & ICB hubs
Deploy living modules into your own learning environment, with cohort analytics and a quality-improvement capstone delivered inside your service.
Partner with usInternational schools
ECTS-bearing, internationally portable credentials with UK-origin academic design — for medical schools across Europe, the Gulf, Asia and beyond.
See the credentialOur sister school — Acumen Institute of Primary Care
For medical students and international graduates: UK primary-care observerships, the free Acumen Ascent portfolio programme, and finals & consultation-skills training.
Visit acumenprimarycare.comEducation built as connected clinical systems
Three flagship CAS courses — each a self-contained award, one clinical system taught in full, with an embedded leadership and governance strand no question bank carries.
Integrated DCRM
Diabetes, cardiac, renal and metabolic care taught as one connected system — anchored to AHA CKM staging and DCRM 2.0.
Explore the DCRM CASMenopause & Andropause
Extended-scope practice across the menopause transition and male hypogonadism — aligned to NICE NG23, BMS, RCOG, IMS and Endocrine Society guidance.
Explore the programmeHeadache & Migraine
Confident assessment and modern management of headache and migraine in primary care — the CGRP era, safe triage, and red-flag recognition.
Explore the programmeFrom free CPD to a living qualification
Two steps. Free Micro Learning — micro-courses with synoptic assessments, plus in-person masterclasses — earns recordable CPD; the NVU-awarded CAS is the full master's-level award.
Step 1 · Micro Learning (free)
Free micro-courses with synoptic assessments earn a downloadable, personalised CPD certificate, and in-person masterclasses carry 6 UK CPD — a genuine taster of each flagship topic. One standalone home for all of it.
Explore Micro LearningStep 2 · The CAS
The 10-week, FHEQ L7, 20-credit / 10-ECTS Certificate of Advanced Studies — assessed, awarded by NVU, and kept current.
Explore programmesNote: both contribute to a regulator / ICB submission for extended-scope or extended-role practice but do not confer it on their own — you must also meet your college, ICB and governance requirements. More on the credential →
Education that never quietly goes out of date
Guidelines move. Most courses don't. Every MD Acumen module carries a visible last-reviewed date and is kept aligned with the latest NICE, ESC, KDIGO and equivalent thresholds, under the Director's clinical sign-off.
Academically serious, internationally portable
Awarded by NVU
Each CAS is awarded by New Vision University at FHEQ Level 7 within the European Higher Education Area — 20 UK credits / 10 ECTS. It is an academic award, not a UK degree, GMC registration or specialist registration.
Quality assured
A six-block quality framework governs every programme: curriculum, assessment, faculty, risk governance, student feedback and programme monitoring. See our governance.
Built for the NHS Neighbourhood
Designed for multi-professional teams delivering chronic-disease care close to home, with a quality-improvement capstone that returns measurable benefit to your own service.
Awarded by, delivered by, and curriculum-aligned with. Programmes are awarded by New Vision University and delivered by MD Acumen Ltd. Curriculum is mapped to the published guidance of NICE, ESC/EASD, KDIGO, ADA, AHA/ACC, the RCGP curriculum and the NHS England multi-professional framework, and to professional bodies including the BMS, RCOG, IMS and Endocrine Society.
"Curriculum-aligned with" describes explicit content mapping to a body's published guidelines. This site never claims endorsement that has not been confirmed in writing.
Ready to advance your practice?
Explore the programmes, or talk to us about a cohort licence for your team, training hub or school.
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