Artificial intelligence practitioner training

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In collaboration with Cyber Skills, NHS Midlands and Lancashire Artificial Intelligence Practitioner (AIP) training includes a fully accredited APMG exam, certification and digital badge, helping you to effectively adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace and improve your AI knowledge and skills.

What is included in our training?

We offer online self-paced self-study in 10 examinable learning modules, with knowledge check quizzes, audio, and videos. This course includes 8 specialisms outlined below:

  • AI in healthcare
  • AI in project management
  • AI in change management
  • AI in marketing
  • AI in business analysis
  • AI in cyber security
  • AI in education
  • AI in banking and finance

For a detailed overview of the modules and specialisms, visit: Artificial Intelligence Practitioner Training and Certification.

Course details

  • Designed by Terry Neal of Cyber Skills Ltd, a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), member of BCS Elite, and Chartered IT Professional (CITP).
  • Includes the APMG Artificial Intelligence Practitioner Exam voucher, valid for 12 months.
  • 12 months access to the AIP eLearning platform, updated weekly to reflect AI developments.
  • Lifetime membership to a private AI Discord community for networking and continuous professional development (CPD).

Price: £849.50 (+ VAT where applicable), which includes:

  • 12 months access to the AIP course and eight specialisms
  • APMG AIP proctored exam

This course is open to delegates from the NHS, other public sector organisations, and private sector. It is available on demand with no prerequisites.

On-demand short courses

Each specialism is now offered as a standalone short course:

  • Seven individual specialisms (AI in healthcare, project management, change management, business analysis, cyber security, education, banking & finance) available as standalone on-demand 1-day short courses – Price £199 (+ VAT where applicable).
  • AI in marketing is a 3-day course – Price £279 (+ VAT where applicable).

Completion certificates are available for all specialism courses. For more details, see Specialisms – detail of individual courses.

To book, please complete the NHS ML AIP Enrolment Form and email it to mlcsu.aip@nhs.net.

Accessibility and inclusion features are built into the course, including:

  • Text-to-Speech (TTS) audio availability
  • Embedded English dictionary
  • Translation into 1 of 29 languages
  • Ability to highlight text being spoken

Who should attend?

This programme is ideal for individuals and organisations aiming to effectively adopt AI in the workplace, including:

  • Professionals using AI in healthcare (e.g., predictive healthcare, risk management, clinical decision-making, telemedicine, and remote healthcare)
  • Programme, project, and planning managers
  • Chief technical officers and information officers
  • Organisational and business change practitioners and managers
  • Business strategists and consultants
  • Professional research managers
  • Service and process architects and managers
  • Web page developers

Fast facts about AI Practitioner training

10 AIP Modules

  • AI foundation
  • AI in action
  • Mastering language models and prompt engineering
  • Image generation
  • Tools and real-world applications
  • Automating with AI
  • Chatbots powered by AI
  • AI plugins and use cases
  • ChatGPT code interpreter
  • Workflows and agentic
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