Requirements at a glance (PART TIME MPhil, MD, PhD students)

University Staff Candidates

University staff candidates will be classed as full time students with regards to compulsory DDP Modules and MPhil to PhD/MD transfers, and will therefore work to full time deadlines. Please see the ‘requirements at a glance’ for Full Time Students for information. There is a level of flexibility however, on deadlines for such candidates, so if you wish to discuss this, please contact the PGR Administrators.

Training Needs Analysis (with supervisors and personal tutor)

Month 1 of Years 1, 2 and 3.

Supervisor and Personal Tutor Reports

Supervisor and Personal Tutor Reports should be submitted from the first available date after commencement of study until submission of the thesis, on the dates given below:

These are required from students in all years.

Supervisors Report	Personal Tutor Report
15th October	30th October
15th November
15th December
15th January
1st March
15th April	30th April
30th May
15th July
31st August

Annual Supervisor Progress Reports

These are sent to the supervisor for completion and return annually every July.

Year 1

Completion of compulsory training modules

Part Time/Staff candidates are encouraged to complete the training modules (MED6950 and MED6960).

As you are a Part Time/Staff candidate you will be eligible for an extension to these deadlines where appropriate for the Medical School modules. Please contact either Jodie Burnham or Carol Fidler.

FCM6100 Research Ethics & Integrity

An introductory lecture will be held twice a year (October & March). Following this students will attend 7 face to face sessions throughout the year. For part-time students there is an option to complete the sessions online. Please contact mdhgradauteschool@sheffield.ac.uk if you would like to complete the module online. Rough timings are shown below:

October start
Session 1	Mid November
Session 2	Mid December
Session 3	Late January
Session 4	Early March
Session 5	Late April
Session 6	Late May
Session 7	Mid July
This module will start in October each year. Cross-sessional students will start the module the following October.

MED6950 - Literature Review

A tutorial about the Literature Review is held four times a year. All students are required to attend the first available tutorial after their start date. Tutorial dates and deadlines for submission of the literature review are shown below.

Tutorial Dates	Deadline for submission of Literature Review
Thursday 27th October 2011, 14.00 - 15.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	Wednesday 11th January 2012
Tuesday 10th January 2012, 13.00 - 14.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	Wednesday 11th April 2012
Monday 16th April 2012, 11.00 - 12.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	Thursday 12th July 2012
Wednesday 4th July 2012, 11.00 - 12.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	Wednesday 3rd October 2012

MED6960 - Research Training

Two tutorials about this are held twice a year and all students are required to attend the first set of available tutorials after their start date. The deadlines for submission of work towards this DDP are shown below.

Tutorial Dates	Dates for assessment of training logs and lab books	Date of Oral Presentation COMPULSORY FOR ALL
Round 1 Tutorial 1 - Tuesday 1 November 2011, 11.00 - 12.00, LT3, F Floor, Medical School Tutorial 2 - Thursday 2 February 2012, 11.00 - 12.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	ePortfolio submission deadline - Tuesday 6 December 2011 1st Assessment - Friday 9 December 2011, Faculty Room, B Floor, Medical School 2nd Assessment - Thursday 19 April 2012, Faculty Room, B Floor, Medical School	Friday 20 April 2012, LT1, B Floor, Medical School or Thursday 3 May 2012, LT3, F Floor, Medical School
Round 2 Tutorial 1 - Thursday 10th May 2012, 11.00 - 12.00, LT3, F Floor, Medical School Tutorial 2 - Thursday 12 July 2012, 11.00 - 12.00. LT3, F Floor, Medical School	ePortfolio submission deadline - Friday 8 June 2012 1st Assessment - Wednesday 13 June 2012, Faculty Room, B Floor, Medical School. 2nd Assessment - Friday 3 August 2012, Faculty Room, B Floor, Medical School	Thursday 6 September 2012, LT3, F Floor, Medical School

Upgrade Procedure

MD STUDENTS - Part Time MPhil leading to MD students are required to upgrade within their 1st year of registration, therefore please follow the requirements at a glance for full time students.

For students starting:	Deadline for submission of title of mini-thesis	Deadline for submission of mini-thesis	Transfer Interview
Sept/Oct 11	1 June 13	30 July 13	Aug/Sept 13
Nov/Dec 11	1 Aug 13	30 Sept 13	Oct/Nov 13
Jan/Feb 12	1 Oct 13	30 Nov 13	Dec 12/Jan 14
Mar/Apr 12	1 Dec 13	30 Jan 14	Feb/Mar 14
May/Jun 12	1 Feb 14	30 Mar 14	Apr/May 14
Jul/Aug 12	1 Apr 14	30 May 14	Jun/July 14

Year 1

1st Year Oral Presentation

The 1st year oral presentation forms part of MED6960, but this is compulsory for all students regardless.

Year 2

2nd Year Poster Presentation

All 2nd year students are required to present a poster. This year it is being incorporated within the School’s Research Meeting which will be held on the 11th & 12th June 2012.

At the end of year 2 (year 4 for part time students), PhD students are, in addition, required to produce a one page outline of their proposed PhD thesis.

Year 3

3rd Year Oral Presentation

All 3rd year students are required to give an oral presentation. This will be held on Monday 2nd July in Lecture Theatres 1&2, Medical Education Centre, Northern General Hospital.