Clinical Research

MSc Clinical Research comprises three core modules providing an introduction to clinical research and applied methodological skills and will enable students interpret and communicate healthcare and clinical research. Students will choose then from a range of optional modules tailored to their needs to complete the Master's. The structure of the Master's is very flexible and it can be completed full-time over 1 year or part-time over 2 or 3 years.

Programme overview
The programme is delivered by whole day sessions of face-to-face teaching supported by flexible online learning resources and interactions. Face-to-face teaching sessions led by experts in their respective fields focus on sharing knowledge and group activities, while online interactions use our virtual learning environment and include discussion forums and collaborative digital spaces.

Taught Core Modules
- The Life Cycle of Clinical Research

- Methodological Foundations

- Translating Research into Healthcare Policy and Practice

Optional modules including:
- Evidence-Based Improvement Science

- Quality Improvement and Measurement

- Drug Development (from concept to clinic)

- Systematic Reviews

- Infectious Disease Modelling

- Spatial Statistics

- Secondary Data Analysis

There are a total of 120 taught credits, followed by a 60 credit dissertation, which can be taken over a one, two or three year pathway.

Dissertation
For the 60 credit practice-based dissertation module, you will develop and undertake a research project designed, delivered and submitted as a dissertation. This project is undertaken in your own professional context, under academic supervision. Supervisors will be chosen based on relevant theoretical or methodological expertise within a student’s area of interest where possible.

Our academic staff have expertise in:
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology

- Public health and population health

- Palliative care

- Cancer

- Social and Ethical Aspects of Health and Medicine

Programme outcomes
The Master's in Clinical Research aims to:
- Promote advanced knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of research in a healthcare setting.

- Foster critical approaches to evidence review

- Develop advanced skills in awareness of research designs, data analysis, presentation and dissemination