Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
This part-time, fully online programme is designed for practitioners such as doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, healthcare scientists, and allied health professionals who want to excel in clinical research delivery. Whether you are new to research or already involved, this course prepares you with essential skills to improve future healthcare for your patients.
Our curriculum focuses on the practical aspects of delivering clinical research. You'll explore ways to enhance participant recruitment and consider the challenges and impacts of conducting research. The module on research practice experience will let you apply what you learn by participating directly and reflecting on real-world research delivery activities. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and confidence to lead health-related or clinical research that improves people’s health and well-being and health and social care services.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a clinical subject or a Medical degree.
As a graduate, you'll be equipped to introduce or advance research in your current workplace, serving as a Collaborator, Co-investigator, or Principal Investigator (PI).
Alternatively, you can pursue career opportunities in research-intensive healthcare environments or clinical academic research, such as roles in research nursing, clinical trial coordination, or data analysis. This program also serves as excellent preparation for further academic pursuits, including PhD studies or research fellowships.
PgCert Students completing the PG Certificate at the University of Sheffield will take the following core modules:
Introduction to Research Methods Online
Research Practice Experience 1
Doing Health and Clinical Research Well
Leading and Managing Health Services Online PgDip PG Diploma students will complete the same modules as PG Certificate students, as well as additional modules. MSc Masters students will complete the same core modules as PG Certificate and PG Diploma students, and will also complete a dissertation project.
Dissertation
Core modules:
Research Practice Experience 2
Inclusive Research Practice
Innovative Designs for Research Impact
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