Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
Ethics, professionalism and law strongly impact the practice of medicine, while and ethical, regulatory and legal matters permeate modern scientific practice. Medical Ethics, Law and Humanities Postgraduate programme introduces students to key perspectives in medical ethics, law and humanities to problems arising in current healthcare practice and biomedical research. Students will learn and apply humanities, ethics and legal analysis to address ethical, legal and social challenges in medical and scientific practice.
Healthcare provision and fruits of research in biomedical sciences are strong contributors to our wellbeing, and an important part of modern societies. Scientific and technological developments, resource distribution pressures and challenges such pandemics and demographic changes require those systems to adapt. Assuring such adaptation will require a coordinated effort from health sector, policymakers, scientists, communities and variety of professions in order to promote common good. Could you be part of helping science and medicine to adapt and to work for the common good?
To be considered for this course, you will need to:
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We offer several scholarships each year for outstanding students across our postgraduate taught courses.
Graduating with a master’s degree in Medical Ethics, Law and Humanities from St George’s opens up a variety of opportunities – in academic, healthcare and science-related and ethics, law and humanities. The breadth of practical experience and insight, coupled with the prepare you to make impactful change in the way healthcare, science is practices, regulated and understood by the public.
Careers in medical ethics, law and humanities are often divided into complementing your professional practice (in healthcare, science, law, policy, management, etc), academic opportunities and health and science related humanities.
Depending on the amount of credits needed, you will choose from the list of optional modules below.
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