Programme details and overview

Degree programme table 2018-19

The Degree Programme Table specifies the core and optional courses required to complete the Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert), Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) and Masters (MPH) degree awards.

Year 1 consists of 60 credits of core courses.

 

 

 

Credits

Term 1

Sept-Dec

Clinical Trials Foundation Course         MCLM11024

20

Term 2

Jan - March

Introduction to Clinical Trials                 MCLM11002

20

Term 3

April - June

Good Clinical Practice, Ethics and Regulatory Issues                                                    MCLM11019

20  

 

Year 2 consists of  60 credits of elective courses. Please note that students must have met the relevant progression requirements in order to enter Year 2 as stipulated in the Taught Assessment Regulations (see section Regulations concerning progression and degree award).

Elective course options

Students may choose 60 credits of courses delivered by the MScCT programme (Group A) or from courses delivered by other programmes or Schools (Group B). The Degree Programme Table specifies that students may take a maximum of 20 credits of courses delivered by other programmes or Schools (Group B) per academic year. Please note that courses delivered by other programmes or Schools may have different approaches to teaching and assessment and the MScCT programme team do not have control over this.

Please also note that elective courses may not run every year, as they will be offered dependent on the number of students who have chosen the course.

Courses offered by MScCT programme (Group A)

 

Credits

Principles of Clinical Trial Management                   

MCLM11020

20

Clinical Trials in Special Populations                         

MCLM11023

20

Patient and Public Involvement  

MCLM11027

20

Study Design  

MCLM11022

20

Monitoring and Audit                                                         

MCLM11021

20

Pharmacovigilance                                                           

MCLM11054

20

Translational Pharmacology

MCLM11073

20

Introduction to Health Economics and Applied Health Economics 

MCLM11072

20

Courses delivered by other programmes/schools (Group B)

 

 

Translational Imaging and Clinical Trials                         

NEME11038

10

In year 3 you will have the opportunity to further develop your scientific skills and utilise scientific theory. The dissertation year consists of three elements, Project proposal (1,500 words), Dissertation (12,500-14,000 words) and a Reflective writing piece (1,500 words).

MSc Clinical Trials Dissertation     MCLM11026   60 credits

If you intend to progress to the dissertation year, you are required to complete a dissertation project approval form. This form provides a preliminary outline of the dissertation project together with the required supporting documentation (e.g. ethical approval form) and is an assessed activity that contributes towards the final dissertation mark. Details of submission procedures and preparation guidelines for the dissertation will be provided prior to commencement of your third year of study.

Students proceeding to the MSc part of the programme start their projects following the Examination Board for the taught element of the programme.

Please note that in order to progress to Year 3 students must have met the progression requirements as stipulated in the Taught Assessment Regulations (see section 4.6 Regulations concerning progression and degree award).

About the dissertation

The dissertation consists of a dissertation project, including a reflective element, worth 60 credits which starts in September and finishes in August.

The dissertation project gives students a chance to undertake an extended piece of scholarship. Students are expected to demonstrate their ability to engage critically and analytically with literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree.

The subject will be determined on the basis of the student’s own interests, the expertise of staff, its relevance to a clinical trials context and what is feasible in terms of the literature and the time available.

More information on the dissertation will be available in the dissertation workbooks, which students will receive at the end of the second year of study. If students have any questions before then, they are encouraged to bring them up in their discussions with the Programme Directors or their Personal Tutor.