Professional Medical International
Year-long, clinician-led postgraduate diplomas. Led by surgeons who have taught over 20,000 doctors worldwide.
Academic partner
About PMI and JBJS
Professional Medical International is the dedicated delivery partner for the JBJS Orthopaedic Diplomas. PMI was founded by Professor Tom Cosker (Oxford) and Professor Sherief Elsayed (Dubai), who have been formally working together in postgraduate medical education since 2006.
The JBJS Orthopaedic Diplomas are co-developed with The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the leading academic journal in orthopaedics. JBJS provides the academic anchor. PMI runs the programme: faculty coordination, content delivery, accreditation pathways, and the technology that runs each cohort.
JBJS Orthopaedic Diplomas
Each programme runs for one academic year, delivered entirely online through approximately 25 weekly live seminars.
A structured year in spine surgery, from basic sciences to deformity.
The knee in full: anatomy, trauma, sports, arthroplasty and rehabilitation.
Structured hip surgery training from diagnostic workup to arthroplasty.
Clinician-led training across foot and ankle surgery.
Specialist training in orthopaedic oncology.
Two further diplomas open for enrolment in 2026 with confirmed launch dates.
Diplomas being developed within the JBJS Orthopaedic line. Register interest to hear first when dates are confirmed.
PMI is also developing diplomas outside orthopaedics. These will be branded as PMI Diplomas, separate from the JBJS Orthopaedic Diplomas product line.
How the diplomas work
Every JBJS Orthopaedic Diploma runs for one academic year and is delivered entirely online. Delegates attend approximately 25 weekly seminars live, with full on-demand access for anyone who cannot attend a session.
Evidence-based lectures, operative tips from senior surgeons, and interactive case discussion. Live, with full recordings.
Every module is produced by the consultants who operate on these patients every week, not by teaching-only academics.
Short, self-marked question sets anchor each session and build towards the final written assessment.
A written paper at the end of the cohort. Successful delegates receive a certificate of completion.
In delegates' words
Additional testimonials will appear as the 2026 cohorts complete.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Tom Cosker for organising and leading such an excellent Diploma in Hip Surgery program. It has been a truly valuable learning experience, and I am very grateful to have successfully completed the diploma. The course was excellently organised and provided a highly valuable learning experience.
Founders
PMI is led by two consultant surgeons who have been formally working together in postgraduate medical education since 2006. Both still teach, operate, and write the content themselves.
Co-founder of PMI, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
University of Oxford
MB BCh, MSc (Tr Surg), FRCS (Tr & Orth), FAS
Associate Professor and Director of Surgical Anatomy at the University of Oxford. College Assessor for the Royal College of Surgeons. Anatomy tutor at Balliol College.
Co-founder of PMI, Consultant Spinal Surgeon and Assistant Professor
Dubai
MB BCh, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Dip Paed (RCPI), CCT (UK)
Director of Academic Programmes at PMI. Course Director of the JBJS Spine Diploma. Co-founder of NSpine. Consultant spinal surgeon practising in Dubai.
FAQs
A short selection. The full list lives on the FAQs page.
Places are limited and filled on a first-come basis. Each diploma opens for enrolment ahead of its cohort start date. Register interest to be notified when applications open.
