Course summary
Designed for healthcare professionals working directly with patients or involved in clinical governance, research, or risk management, this course equips you to navigate complex legal and ethical challenges in modern medicine — all while continuing your career. Delivered entirely via Distance Learning, the programme allows you to study flexibly around your schedule, helping you stay in work, enhance your expertise, and maintain a healthier work-life balance. Key features
- Learn while you work: Ideal for busy professionals — fit your studies around clinical or governance responsibilities without career disruption.
- Real-world focus: Tackle pressing legal and ethical issues including euthanasia, mental health, abortion, patient safety, negligence, and Coroner’s law.
- Taught by experts: Learn from experienced legal professionals — including barristers, solicitors, and international legal scholars.
- Practical, applied learning: Engage with real scenarios through guided, independent and problem-based learning — sharpen your analysis, evaluation, and decision-making skills.
- Flexible block teaching: Study one subject at a time for deeper focus, less stress, and better retention — supporting a more manageable balance of work, study, and life.
- Access to legal resources: Even remotely, benefit from dedicated legal support, including digital access to case law, journal articles, and virtual learning environments.
Assessment method
Teaching and assessment You will be taught via 4 hours online live sessions per module You will also have access to 4-8 hours of online material per module, which will assist you with your studies. This could include: recorded lectures, online quizzes on Learning Zone Videos/documentaries, Discussion Forums on Learning Zone and an online module handbook. Assessment is through assignments, essays, presentations and projects. You will undergo two assessments per module.
Entry requirements
Applicants will normally hold an undergraduate degree in a law-based subject with a minimum pass of 2:2, or equivalent overseas qualification, or an equivalent professional qualification.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £10700 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £10700 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £10700 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £10700 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £10700 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £10700 | Year 1 |
| EU | £18450 | Year 1 |
| International | £18450 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH