Health Research
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
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Start date
Different dates available
The Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research will help you to: The course is delivered through the Department for Continuing Education, with the expertise in curriculum design and teaching drawn from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and the Clinical Academic Graduate School.
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- IT
- Design
Course programme
You will take two compulsory modules and an option module; further information on all course modules is available on the Department for Continuing Education webpage. The assessment for each module will be based on a written assignment of not more than 4,000 words.
- develop skills of research, design and data analysis in both qualitative and quantitative research;
- critically evaluate health research;
- identify, critically appraise and incorporate the results of medical and social science research into the day-to-day decision-making of clinical, scientific and administrative practice;
- apply the principles of evidence-based practice in health care settings;
- plan how to implement the findings of research to improve health care; and
- use theories and principles underpinning clinical research to inform your own research practice.
By the end of the course you will be able to:
You will know and understand:
Most who commence this course are already in employment within the health sector. The course offers opportunities for career enhancement through developing a better understanding of research tools and analytical skills, and of how to use these to inform research practice. Many also go on to study for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research or MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care.
Health Research