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Acumen Institute of Primary Care Microcourses · free

Short, serious, free — start any time

Bite-size, self-paced microcourses in the clinical and scholarly skills that make international students UK-ready — written to the same editorial standard as everything the school publishes.

FHEQ L6 Reviewed and kept current

The first wave

The launch library — first titles in production

Each microcourse is 30–60 minutes, free, and feeds directly into Acumen Ascent, the observership, or your finals preparation. Release dates are announced to registered learners first.

Scholarly skills~45 min

The closed-loop audit, end to end

The seven-stage HQIP cycle applied to a worked example — from standard to re-audit to certificate.

In production
Consultation craft~40 min

Calgary–Cambridge, properly used

The five stages and two threads of the UK's preferred consultation model — with worked dialogue.

In production
UK systems~35 min

NHS primary care, explained

The team, the pathways, QOF, and the referral architecture an observer needs on day one.

In production
UK systems~30 min

The 2-week-wait referral

Recognising the presentations that mandate urgent suspected-cancer referral — and communicating them well.

Planned
Professional practice~35 min

Capacity, consent & safeguarding essentials

The two-stage capacity test, best-interests decisions, and safeguarding recognition for the early-career clinician.

Planned
Careers~30 min

UK pathways for international graduates

UKFP, F2 Standalone and the CREST route — mapped clearly, with the portfolio each demands.

Planned

Honest status: the library is in active production; no title is live yet. Register free interest and you'll be the first invited when the first wave releases — at no cost.

How microcourses fit

Small pieces, one pathway

Before an observership — arrive knowing the NHS architecture, the consultation model and the audit cycle.
Inside Acumen Ascent — each portfolio domain has a microcourse behind it. See Ascent →
Before the Clinical Consultation Day — refresh the scenario domains, then get expert feedback in person. See the day →

Be first in

One email when the first wave goes live. No fee, no spam.

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