Applied medicine programme not part of certification (8)
I believe the answer is:
ointment
'applied medicine' is the definition.
'ointment' can be an answer for 'medicine' (ointment is a kind of medicine). I am not certain of the 'applied' bit.
'programme not part of certification' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ointment that I've seen before include "Soothing cream 98)" , "Salve or skin paste" , "Salve or unguent" , "Unguent, rub" , "Medicinal rub" .)