Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research (part-time)
Course Codes | 000155
The Postgraduate Certificate is normally taken over one
year. It consists of three assessed taught modules and includes
thorough introductions to the principles of evidence-based practice in
health, and to study design and research methods.
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research (part-time)
Course Code | 000145
The
Postgraduate Diploma is normally taken over one year, with completion
of the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research as a prerequisite.
It consists of three further assessed taught modules, selected from a
range of options which will give the students the opportunity to learn
how the principles enunciated in the Postgraduate Certificate modules
can be translated into practical actions in selected areas.
These
are modular part-time programmes, particularly suitable for
academically gifted medical and dental trainees with the potential to
be the independent researchers of the future. Designed to be taken
alongside work commitments, the Health Research programme exists in
order to enable students to:
- develop skills of research, design and data analysis in both qualitative and quantitative research;
- critically evaluate health research;
- identify,
critically appraise and incorporate the results of medical and social
science research into the day-to-day decision-making of clinical,
scientific and administrative practice;
- apply the principles of evidence-based practice in health care settings;
- plan how to implement the findings of research to improve health care;
- use theories and principles underpinning clinical research to inform their own research practice.
The
programmes are delivered through the Department for Continuing Education,
with the expertise in curriculum design and teaching drawn from the
Department of Primary Health Care, the Centre for Evidence-Based
Medicine, the Clinical Academic Graduate School and the Department of
Statistics.
