Medicine, Health and Public Policy

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

The Medicine, Health & Public Policy study course examines the political, economic, cultural and ethical dimensions of contemporary trends in medicine, biosciences and health. The multidisciplinary nature of the course creates an ideal study pathway for health professionals, graduates and policy-makers to gain an understanding of the complex relationships between medicine, science and society.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Internationally recognised faculty, who have trained across a range of disciplines from sociology, anthropology, geography, gerontology, socio-legal studies and political science to psychology, bioethics, philosophy, biology and medicine.
Covers a broad range of substantive topics and offers a wide selection of specialist options addressing critical social and ethical concerns.
You will learn to think analytically and independently about key issues and develop essential skills to support critical policy and qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Interdepartmental study course offers a varied and exciting range of research options.
Opportunities to join a thriving research community, to participate with active researchers in a range of extra-curricular events such as reading groups and roundtable discussions.

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

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  • Ethics
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Course programme

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. If you are studying the MSc course, you will take modules totalling 180 credits.

You may also take Master’s modules offered across King’s College London, subject to approvals. Students can opt to take an additional Internship module which will increase their total credits for the degree to 200.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Dissertation in Medicine, Health & Public Policy (60 credits)
  • The Politics of Health & Medicine (30 credits)
  • Critical Policy Research for Health & Medicine (15 credits)
  • Foundations in Global Health & Social Medicine (30 credits)

You are also required to take 15 credits from one of the following research methods modules:

  • Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)
  • Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health (15 credits)


Part-time students will be expected to take The Politics of Health & Medicine, Critical Policy Research, and one optional module in year one, with the remaining required modules taken in year two.

Optional Modules In addition to the required modules, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
  • Ethics at the End of Life (Centre of Medical Law and Ethics) (15 credits)
  • Ethics of Clinical Research (15 credits)
  • Pharmaceuticals & Society (15 credits)
  • Quantitative Data Analysis (15 credits)
  • Global Health Ethics (15 credits)
  • Researching Vulnerable Populations (15 credits)

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