Health & Social Care (Research Division)
PhD
In London
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
Our PhD programme in Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Services Research provides research training in these fields to well qualified graduate students. Our principal investigators are able to provide supervision across a range of disciplines and empirical topics.
Disciplinary expertise includes statistics, epidemiology, and the social and behavioural sciences (sociology, health and decision psychology, anthropology, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and health economics). Empirical areas include stroke, diabetes, musculoskeletal conditions, transplantation medicine, COPD, medical decision making, and translational research. Areas of methodological expertise include, randomised controlled trials of complex interventions, population registers and utilisation of large routine data sets, clinical research informatics and ethnography and qualitative methods.
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About this course
Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours in a relevant subject.
A 2:2 degree may be considered only where applicants also offer a Masters degree with Merit or above
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Subjects
- Health and Social Care
- PHD
- Environment
- Development Programme
- Health Services Research
- Public Health
- Primary Care
- PhD programme
- Epidemiology
- Behavioural Sciences
- Sociology
- Health
- Decision psychology
- Anthropology
- Physiotherapy
- Rehabilitation
- Health Economics
Course programme
Our graduate students are part of a thriving academic environment with local national and international links. Personal, professional and career development is embedded in the PhD programme. In addition to academic supervision provided by two supervisors, students have access to training provided by the King’s College London Researcher Development Programme. They are also expected to participate in the Division’s PhD Writing Seminar and PhD Student Seminar programme. Within the Division and in Research Centres across the College there is a number of seminar series in which graduate student participation is welcome.
Postgraduate trainingDeveloping an awareness of relevant information tools, software and services, and learning how to access and exploit these resources effectively, is essential for effective study. Information Services and Systems offers a range of information literacy courses and other opportunities to improve your use of information tools, software and services including self-paced web-tutorials and practical hands-on training.
Additional information
Full time tuition fees: £22,250 per year (MPhil/PhD)
£44,500 (MPhil/PhD Clinical)
Health & Social Care (Research Division)