Clinical Research vs Health and Clinical Research Delivery
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Which course to choose?
| Consideration | MClinRes (Campus) | HCRD (online) |
|---|---|---|
| I want to study part-time. | ✓ | ✓ |
| I want to study full-time. | ✓ | ✗ |
| I want to study remotely with maximum flexibility around my working commitments. | ✗ | ✓ |
| I would like some in-person contact with tutors and other students. | ✓ | ✗ |
| I want to be involved in delivering NIHR portfolio studies (recruiting to studies I did not design, engaging service users, and involvement in site set-up roles like R&D) | ✓ | ✓ |
| I want to be a local principal investigator (responsible for study delivery) in my NHS trust, health or care organisation. | ✓ | ✓ |
| I want to design my own research and lead national funding applications. | ✓ | ✗ |
| I want to be a co-applicant on national research funding applications or lead local funding bids. | ✓ | ✓ |
| I am interested in leading the embedding of research into my local NHS trust, health or care organisation and increasing its research activity. | ✓ | ✓ |
| I am interested in becoming an independent academic/clinical academic and wish to pursue PhD study. | ✓ | ✓ |
| I would like to follow a standardised masters programme. | ✗ | ✓ |
| I would like to tailor my masters programme by selecting modules most relevant to my learning needs and research interests. | ✓ | ✗ |
| I would like the opportunity to observe how research is delivered in practice through a placement | ✗ | ✓ |
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