FAQs
Family Medicine Diploma FAQs
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- Final-year GP and family medicine trainees, GPs and family physicians in their first years of independent practice, and hospital doctors moving into primary care, anywhere in the world.
- Entirely online, through 25 weekly live sessions on Tuesdays at 18:00 UK time. Every session is recorded, and the diploma is assessed through weekly MCQs and a final written paper.
- Every session is recorded and available on demand within the delegate portal. You can catch up at any point during the cohort.
- Plan for roughly two to three hours per week. That covers the live session, the weekly formative MCQ, and light preparation or recap.
- No. It is decision-focused clinical teaching, not preparation for MRCGP, board or licensing exams.
- No. Minor surgery, joint injections and point-of-care ultrasound are covered as decisions and referrals, not technique.
- Current NICE guidance, with US differences highlighted where they change practice.
- No. The Family Medicine Diploma is a professional development programme delivered by Professional Medical International. It is not awarded by, affiliated with, or accredited by any university, royal college or higher education institution. Completion of the diploma does not confer an academic qualification, formal postgraduate certification or eligibility for any licensing examination.
- Delegates who pass the final written paper receive a Certificate of Completion for their CPD portfolio.
- £1,200 for the full cohort, covering every live session, on-demand recordings and assessment. Discounts are available for applicants from under-resourced regions and in other special circumstances.
- Enrolment opens soon. Register interest and we will email you first.
- If you are a consumer, you can cancel within 14 days of enrolling for a full refund, provided your cohort has not yet started. After that, cancellations more than 30 days before the cohort start date are refunded less a £150 administration fee, and no refund is available within 30 days of the start date. If we cancel a cohort, you receive a full refund; if we reschedule it to dates that do not suit you, you can choose between a full refund and a transfer to a future cohort. Read the full refund policy.