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MSc Paediatrics and Child Health: Molecular and Genomic Paediatrics

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 5 years flexible

Course Description

This comprehensive programme is based at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH). As a student, you will benefit from the unique position the institute occupies within UK paediatrics. We bring together strong links to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children with our setting within the powerful teaching and research environment of UCL.

With its inaugural year in 1986, originally as the MSc in Community Paediatrics, this postgraduate programme is part of the longest-running paediatric health MSc in London. We continually aim to improve it based on student feedback and changing demands within the Health Service and Academic sectors. Teaching takes place at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOS ICH) in close collaboration with colleagues from Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with lectures from national and international experts across most clinical and research areas.

You will gain an understanding of the principles of evidence-based paediatrics, and of the impact of molecular genomics on the diagnosis and management of the child and family. You will build an awareness of current and future developments in paediatric molecular biology and gain the skills necessary to critically appraise basic and clinical science that underpins treatment, and undertake independent research.

Who this course is for

The programme is intended for professionals specialising in paediatrics and child health. The Molecular and Genomic Paediatrics pathway is particularly suitable for students seeking an in-depth understanding of new technologies that underpin the development of new treatments.

Entry Requirements

Medically qualified applicants should have post-qualification experience in paediatrics or child health. Non-medically qualified applicants should have an upper second-class UK bachelor’s degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, and experience of working in hospitals, community child health or public health services for children and families.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Student Destinations

You will gain an understanding of the principles of evidence-based paediatrics. You will build an awareness of current and future developments in paediatric medicine and child health and gain the skills necessary to critically appraise practice and policy, and undertake independent Master’s-level research.

On this programme graduates acquire the foundation to become independent clinical scientists in their field.

Employability

The programme provides an ideal foundation for further doctoral research in this field and/or a career in research and evidence-based practice in paediatrics as a clinical scientist.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Research Project Report
  •  Applied Statistics for Health Research I
  •  Evidence-based Child Health

Optional modules

  • International Child Mental Health
  • Epidemiology for Child Health
  • Immunisation and Communicable Diseases
  • Safeguarding and Children in Society
  • Child Public Health
  • Nutrition, Growth and Physical Activity
  • Leadership and Professional Development
  • Clinical Genomics Genetic and Rare Diseases
  • Molecular Biology of Normal Development and Birth Defects
  • Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Childhood Cancers
  • Adolescent Health Medicine
  • Paediatric Critical Care (General)
  • Stabilisation and Transport of the Critically Ill Child
  • Cardiac Critical Care
  • Ethics and Law for Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Key Principles of Health Economics
  • Health Management: Planning and Programme Design
  • Collecting and Using Data: Essentials of Quantitative Survey Research
  • Research in Action: the Qualitative Approach
  • Concepts and Controversies in Global Health
  • Health Systems in a Global Context
  • Regression Modelling
  • Ethnicity, Migration and Health
  • Practising Qualitative Research in Child and Adolescent Health
  • Respiration Through Life, Health and Disease

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change.

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