Health Care Research Methods PGDip

Program Overview

The Health Care Research Methods PGDip at Queen Mary University of London equips nurses, medical doctors, and health professionals with the skills to conduct healthcare and clinical research. Through modules in ethics, trial design, data analysis, and health economics, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the research process and its applications in the healthcare industry. The program is delivered in three-day blocks and offers a part-time option, making it accessible to working professionals.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Health Care Research Methods PGDip

This programme is designed for nurses, medical doctors and other health professionals working in contract research organisations, the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, equip you with the academic backgroud and specialist skills to carry out healthcare and clinical research. If you are a nurse, medical doctor or other health professional working in contract research organisations, the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, this programme is for you.

Objectives:

You will cover ethics and regulation and understand how to manage the data of a study. You will gain a wider picture of the health management environment and the decision-making within it.

Other:

The William Harvey Research Institute offers state-of-the art core facilities, including a Genome Centre, a flow cytometry and cell sorting station, and in vivo imaging facilities. A Learning Resources Centre, open around the clock, has 200 networked PCs solely for the use of postgraduate students.

Outline:

Structure:

The Health Care Research Methods PGDip is delivered in three-day blocks approximately every four to six weeks. You will receive the taught element of the modules in three-day blocks approximately every four to six weeks.

Content:

• Ethics and Regulation: This module will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the ethical and regulatory principles that govern research in healthcare settings.
• Clinical Trial Design and Conduct: This module will cover the principles of clinical trial design and conduct, including study design, recruitment, data management, and analysis.
• Data Management and Analysis: This module will equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and analyze health care data.
• Health Economics and Evaluation: This module will provide an introduction to health economics and evaluation methods, with a focus on their application in healthcare research.
• Research Governance: This module will examine the principles of research governance, including research ethics, data protection, and intellectual property.

Individual Modules:

• Ethics and Regulation: This module will examine the ethical and regulatory principles that govern research involving human subjects.
Topics covered will include informed consent, confidentiality, and research misconduct.
• Clinical Trial Design and Conduct: This module will cover the principles of clinical trial design and conduct, including study design, recruitment, data management, and analysis.
• Data Management and Analysis: This module will equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and analyze health care data.
Topics covered will include data collection, data cleaning, and statistical analysis.
• Health Economics and Evaluation: This module will provide an introduction to health economics and evaluation methods, with a focus on their application in healthcare research.
• Research Governance: This module will examine the principles of research governance, including research ethics, data protection, and intellectual property.
• Health informatics: This module will introduce the basic concepts of health informatics and its applications in health care research.
Topics covered will include electronic health records, decision support systems, and telehealth.

Assessment:

Assessment:

• Continuous assessment - in taught modules
• Essays
• Group Project
• Presentation

Teaching:

Teaching:

This postgraduate program offers a variety of teaching methods like seminars, workshops, and one-to-one tutorials. This program is led by experienced researchers in the William Harvey Research Institute. Students have an Academic Adviser who will guide them in both academic and pastoral matters throughout their studies.

Careers:

Career paths:

The Health Care Research Methods PGDip can lead to a variety of careers in the health care research industry, such as:

• Clinical research associate
• Data manager
• Research scientist
• Research ethics officer
• Health economist
• Health informatician

Fees and Funding:

Fees:

• Home: £8,000
• Overseas: £18,200

Funding:

A number of bursaries and scholarships are available to help students fund their studies. These include:

• Scholarships and bursaries
• Postgraduate loans (UK students)
• Country-specific scholarships for international students

Other:

• This program also offers a part-time option which means you would take fewer modules per semester.
• Classes generally take place during the day but if you intend to study part-time, please be aware that some classes might be scheduled in the evenings.

Entry Requirements:

Entry requirements:

• 2:2 or above at undergraduate level UK Equivalent Degree
• in a relevant subject .
If you have any other relevant qualifications, the program will consider them along with you application.

• You will cover ethics and regulation and understand how to manage the data of a study.
• You will gain a wider picture of the health management environment and the decision-making within it.
• This program is intended for healthcare and clinical research.
• This program features specialist skills to carry out healthcare and clinical research.
• Students who have a good understanding of clinical and statistical principles are particularly suited to this program.
• You will receive all the necessary training in statistics within this program.

Full-time studySeptember 2024 | 9 monthsHome: £8,000Overseas: £18,200EU/EEA/Swiss studentsUnconditional depositHome: Not applicableOverseas: £2000Information about depositsPart-time studySeptember 2024 | 21 monthsHome: £4,000Overseas: £9,100EU/EEA/Swiss studentsThe course fee is charged per annum for 2 years.