MSc Medical Statistics
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
The programme trains students from a variety of academic backgrounds to work as statisticians in various sectors including higher education, research institutions, the pharmaceutical industry, central government and national health services. It provides training in the theory and practice of statistics with special reference to clinical trials, epidemiology and clinical or laboratory research.
Medical statisticians play a vital role in creating impact in global health and development. Their job involves the design of local, national, and global clinical studies, analysing data and interpreting results to identify the causes of a given disease, as well as measuring performance outcomes of hospitals and other organisations to gauge the health and wellbeing of populations on a large scale.
There is a shortage of well-trained medical statisticians and graduates from this programme are in high demand; employment opportunities are numerous and varied.
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About this course
By the end of this programme students should be able to:
select appropriate study designs to address questions of medical relevance
select and apply appropriate statistical methods for analysing data typically encountered in medical applications, including binary, categorical, count, quantitative data; survival data; hierarchical data; data affected by measurement error and missingness
use a range of software packages to: organise and manage datasets; carry out statistical analysis; construct tables and figures; create programs to provide problem specific solutions
interpret correctly the results of statistical analyses and critically evaluate the use of statistics in the medical literature (v) Communicate effectively with other statisticians and the wider medical community, including the ability to present results of statistical analyses through written and oral presentations
understand the principles behind statistical methods to allow future adoption and appreciation of new methodology, to develop problem specific solutions to new problems, and to provide a basis for the understanding of limitations and issues surrounding currently used methods
There is a shortage of well-trained medical statisticians and graduates from this course are in high demand. Graduates typically pursue careers in medical and epidemiological research, the pharmaceutical industry and various governmental institutions.
Below you will find just a few of the positions and organisations that our graduates from this course have entered after graduating:
Biostatistician
Clinical Programmer
Consultant
Fellow in Medical Statistics
Marketing Analyst
Medical Doctor
Medical Statistician
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Public Health Consultant
Quantitative Epidemiologist
Research Fellow
Data Manager
The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the School on a Master's programme is at least one of the following:
a second-class honours degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a subject appropriate to that of the course of study to be followed
a registrable qualification appropriate to the course of study to be followed, in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies
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- Statistics
- Global
- Medical training
- Medical
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- Statistical
- Computing
Course programme
The below structure outlines the proposed modules for this programme. Module specifications provide full details about the aims and objectives of each module, what you will study and how the module is assessed.
Term 1
All students take five compulsory modules:
- Foundations of Medical Statistics
- Introduction to Statistical Computing (Stata/R)
- Clinical Trials
- Basic Epidemiology
- Robust Statistical Methods
Students take a total of five modules, one from each timetable slot (Slot 1, Slot 2 etc.). The list below shows recommended modules. There are other modules which can only be taken after consultation with the course director.
Recommended modules
Slot 1
- Generalised Linear Models (compulsory)
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (compulsory)
- Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
- Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
- Social Epidemiology
- Survival Analysis and Bayesian Statistics (compulsory)
- Advanced Statistical Modelling
- Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
During the summer months (July - August), students complete a research project, for submission by early September. This usually consists of analysing a set of data and writing a report, but methodological research can also be undertaken.
Additional information
Part-time £12,100
MSc Medical Statistics