MRes Medical Science

Applicants must hold an appropriate first degree with a minimum of 2:1 honours, or hold appropriate professional qualifications and be able to demonstrate suitable background knowledge and skills.

Applications are invited from:

• graduates of BSc Biomedical Science or BSc Clinical Science
• those with related undergraduate degrees (e.g. Human and Biological Sciences) or equivalent professional qualifications and background experience
• health professionals from overseas.

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The MRes offers you an opportunity to develop skills suitable for a range of careers ranging from research, teaching, industry and beyond.

The programme also provides an excellent grounding for those looking to undertake MPhil or PhD research.

Programme Structure:

The two taught modules cover the research skills essential in any clinical or medical research project. You will also have access to any of the Institute’s portfolio of MSc modules.

During the modules you will develop the research proposal with your supervisor, to ensure an early start on the research project.

MD7001: Evidence Based Medicine (20 credits)

A module that provides training in the essential skills needed as a researcher or practitioner to use the scientific and medical literature. It will equip you with the skills required to do the following:

• Search the literature
• Critically evaluate research papers
• Write a research review, a systematic review and a meta analysis
• Determine the appropriate statistical analyses for a given set of clinical data
• Carry out and report statistical analyses

MD7002: Analysis and Interpretation of Clinical Data (20 credits)

This module will develop your understanding of the theories underpinning modern analytical and molecular procedures of relevance to the clinician, and develop your critical appreciation of the uses and limitations of a range of analytical and molecular techniques relevant to clinical and biomedical science. Sessions will cover:

• The value of laboratory tests
• Limitations of measurements
• Safety and operational issues – COSHH, Risk Assessment and SOPs
• Practical sessions – covering aspects of validation
• Interpretation of laboratory analyses

MD7100: Research Dissertation (60 credits)

This is an opportunity for you to:

• investigate systematically and in depth a laboratory-based topic of direct relevance to the programme of study and your personal interests
• draw on and contribute to the development of the growing body of knowledge in the broad clinical/biomedical sciences field
• present the outcomes of personal research in the form of two publishable scientific articles.