Building Curaleaf International's digital learning platform for healthcare professionals
Five CPD-certified courses and an online learning platform, taking healthcare professionals from the basics of medical cannabis through to prescribing in specialist conditions.
Project at a glance
- Client
- Curaleaf International
- What we built
- Five CPD-certified courses and an online learning platform
- Our role
- Learning design, course production, website development and accreditation submissions
- Clinical input
- Review and sign-off from Curaleaf International’s clinical team
Interactive learning
Video, diagrams and patient scenarios.
A connected journey
From registration to course completion and certification.
Clinical collaboration
Course content developed with Curaleaf International’s clinical experts.
Ongoing support
Hosting and support after launch.
“Their planning, foresight and organisation were fundamental to getting the platform live.”
The challenge
Turning existing expertise into structured learning
Curaleaf International had clinical expertise and a series of webinars, but needed a clear learning pathway and a better route from discovering a course to completing it. Our brief covered the whole experience: define the learning approach, write and produce the courses, and build the website and learning platform around them.
Inside the learning experience
Tailored courses for different levels of clinical knowledge
Each course combines video, written lessons, interactive diagrams and knowledge checks. In the core clinical course, patient scenarios let learners apply what they have studied, with feedback explaining each answer.
Foundation
Foundations of Medical Cannabis
Sets out how and why medical cannabis is used, so every learner starts from the same understanding.
- Who it's for
- Healthcare professionals building a foundational awareness, and wider industry audiences.
- How it's taught
- Video explainers, interactive diagrams and short quizzes.
What it covers
- The cannabis plant and phytocannabinoids
- Cannabis: a human history
- The endocannabinoid system
Clinical practice
Core Knowledge for Clinical Practice
Takes learners from awareness to practice, building confidence in how to prescribe.
- Who it's for
- Clinicians and prescribers, including GPs, consultants, pharmacists and nurses.
- How it's taught
- Interactive lessons, formative questions and a final scenario-based patient assessment.
What it covers
- Products and formulations
- Pharmacology
- Safety and risk management
- Prescribing and clinical management
Specialist
Pain Conditions
Prescribing decisions depend on the condition, so each specialist course covers the evidence and prescribing considerations for its area.
- Who it's for
- Specialist prescribers and clinicians.
- How it's taught
- Evidence from systematic reviews and UK Medical Cannabis Registry data, with titration frameworks and a final knowledge check.
What it covers
- Chronic pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Cancer pain
- Prescribing for pain
Specialist
Neurological Conditions
Prescribing decisions depend on the condition, so each specialist course covers the evidence and prescribing considerations for its area.
- Who it's for
- Specialist prescribers and clinicians.
- How it's taught
- Separates randomised controlled trial evidence from observational data, then sets out a practical prescribing framework.
What it covers
- Childhood epilepsy
- Parkinson's and Huntington's disease
- Tourette syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Prescribing considerations
Specialist
Psychiatric Conditions
Prescribing decisions depend on the condition, so each specialist course covers the evidence and prescribing considerations for its area.
- Who it's for
- Specialist prescribers and clinicians.
- How it's taught
- Weighs trial evidence against real-world data, including the exclusion criteria needed to manage psychiatric risk.
What it covers
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Insomnia and sleep
- PTSD
- Autism spectrum disorder
- ADHD
Interaction built into the lesson
In this lesson on product types and administration routes, learners select each product tile to replace the image with a short explanation of its administration route, onset of action, duration of effect and key considerations.
A platform built around the learner
Built with WordPress and LearnDash, the platform connects public course pages with registration and a personal learning dashboard. HCPs can study at their own pace, track progress, complete knowledge checks and receive certificates after successfully finishing a course.
Visit Curaleaf Education (opens in a new tab)How we delivered it with Curaleaf International
Medical content, learning design and development in one team
We reviewed audience needs, existing content, SEO and the website experience, then mapped modules, lessons and sources in a workshop with Curaleaf International. Our writers developed the scripts, a learning development specialist shaped the teaching approach, and Curaleaf International’s Research Director, Dr Simon Erridge, provided clinical expertise and sign-off.
Scripts specified learning objectives, narration, visuals, interactions and assessment feedback. Production combined AI-generated presenter videos with written and interactive content, reviewed and signed off by Curaleaf International. We also supported SEO and CPD accreditation submissions, followed by ongoing hosting and support.
“We are really proud of the Education Platform, and working with Medico has meant the project went from discussion, to project plan, to a live educational resource with support at every step of the way. Building the site was not a simple task, with regulatory considerations, international expansion and localisation, video integration and high medical standards. Medico’s expertise meant we were confident in the delivery, and are able to provide healthcare professionals with a resource we trust, so they can too.”
The result
A complete education programme, ready to develop further
5
CPD-certified courses
137
Healthcare professionals registered by September 2026
6.25
Hours of direct learning
The UK platform launched on 1 April 2026, and all five courses subsequently received certification from The CPD Certification Service.
137 healthcare professionals signed up in the first five months after launch, to September 2026, and registrations are still building as Curaleaf International shares the programme through its clinical networks. Completion and practice-impact data will follow as the first cohorts work through the courses.
The Curaleaf Education Platform will continue to roll out across further international markets, as part of Curaleaf International’s wider global commitment to advancing responsible medical cannabis education. Every market runs on the same course structure and platform, so each new launch is a translation and adaptation job rather than a rebuild.
“This platform sets a new benchmark in medical cannabis education, rigorous, evidence-based, and long overdue. It fills a critical gap in healthcare learning with the quality and credibility the subject deserves”
From the client
“The Medico team understood the ambition behind our education platform, and the challenges that came with it. They helped us turn ideas, insights, and expertise from colleagues across the organisation into a clear vision, and that became the strategy and foundation for everything we built.
Their planning, foresight and organisation were fundamental to getting the platform live. Together we’ve delivered a free, CPD-accredited resource that gives healthcare professionals access to high-quality, evidence-based education in medical cannabis, and a strong foundation as we roll out across international markets.”
