Clinical Research - MSc/Diploma

About the course

1 year full time/2 years part time

You'll gain practical skills required to plan and undertake clinical, health services or biomedical research. There are several different routes available:

• Generic route (one year full-time, two years part-time) – open to all graduates from any background wishing to pursue a career in clinical research
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) route for Academic Clinical Fellows in Medicine and Dentistry (three years part-time) – open to medical and dental practitioners enrolled as Academic Training Fellows in the local NHS Deanery
• NIHR route for nurses, midwives and allied health professions (one year full-time, two years part-time) – open to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who have at least one year's experience in clinical practice and are currently employed by the NHS or other health care organisation

If you're accepted on to this course, you may be eligible for an NIHR bursary that covers the full course fees and full salary replacement costs for your employer.

Entry requirements

A second class honours degree in a clinical subject or equivalent professional qualification and experience.

English language requirements for overseas students

IELTS 7.0 (with no less than 6.5 in each part), or TOEFL 100 (iBT), or equivalent

Entry requirements for international students 

Core modules

• Randomised Controlled Trials
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Introduction to Statistics for Clinical Research

Optional modules

• Research Methods in Clinical Dentistry
• Current Concepts in Dentistry
• Epidemiology
• Public Health Informatics
• Health Care Financing and Economic Evaluation
• Qualitative Data Analysis, including Computer-Aided Analysis
• Assessing Health Needs and Addressing Inequalities
• Quantitative Data Collection
• Qualitative Data Collection
• Systematic Review and Clinical Appraisal
• Promoting Evidence-based Health Care
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Dissertation/project work

Teaching

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• Action learning sets
• The clinical placement includes attachments to clinical research teams
• Research skills training is in small groups and by distance learning

Assessment

• Coursework
• Examinations
• Dissertation

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

Teaching Support Unit
E: scharrtu@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 5454

Your career

Our courses help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to understand and improve health services. We offer postgraduate study programmes for health and social care professionals, managers and those wanting a career in health services research.

Our graduates go on to positions in health services management and health and social care, and to further clinical training or academic research.

About us

We employ around 200 staff and attract £6 million per year in external support. Our staff are active in their research. This means that what we teach you is based on current findings. We have experts in health economics, public health sciences, the sociology of health, health psychology, decision analysis, management sciences, epidemiology, medical statistics and information science.

Our programmes are popular with students from all over the world. We currently have over 28 different nationalities of students enrolled on our courses.

Facilities

We have purpose-built executive teaching facilities for our students. You'll have 24/7 access to library and computing facilities. We provide specialist information and library services in our information resources section.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form