MSc/Diploma Clinical Research

About the Course

Develop the practical skills required to plan and undertake clinical, health services or biomedical research. There are three different routes available. Each route takes one year full-time or two to five years part-time:

• The generic route: open to all graduates from any background.
• The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) route: open to medical and dental practitioners enrolled as Academic Training Fellows in the local NHS Deanery.
• The NIHR route for nurses, midwives and allied health professions: open to professionals with at least one year's experience in clinical practice, currently employed by the NHS or other health care organisation. If you're accepted on to this course, you may be eligible for an NIHR bursary that covers the full course fees and full salary replacement costs for your employer.

Core modules

• Randomised Controlled Trials
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Research

Optional modules

• Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
• Current Concepts in Dentistry
• Epidemiology
• Public Health Informatics
• Health Care Financing and Economic Evaluation
• Qualitative Data Analysis, including Computer-Aided Analysis
• Systematically Reviewing the Research Literature
• Health Needs Assessment, Planning and Evaluation
• Further Statistics for Health Science Researchers
• Quantitative Data Collection
• Qualitative Data Collection
• Systematic Review and Clinical Appraisal
• Promoting Evidence-based Health Care
• Qualitative Research Methods

Teaching

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• The clinical placement includes attachments to clinical research teams
• Research skills training is in small groups and by distance learning

Assessment

• Coursework
• Examinations
• Dissertation

Your career

Our courses help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to understand and improve health services. We offer postgraduate programmes for health and social care professionals, managers and those wanting a career in health services research.

Our graduates take up positions in public health, the private sector, health services management, and health and social care. They also go on to further public health training or academic research

About us

We employ around 300 staff and attract £6 million per year in external support. Our staff are active in their research. This means that what we teach you is based on current findings.

We have experts in health economics, public health sciences, the sociology of health, health psychology, decision analysis, management sciences, epidemiology, medical statistics and information science. Our courses attract students from all over the world

Facilities

We have purpose-built executive teaching facilities for our students. You'll have 24/7 access to library and computing facilities. We provide specialist information and library services in our information resources section.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form