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MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Medical Statistics)

MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Medical Statistics)

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

2 years

Start date

13-OCT-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Health Studies Medical Statistics

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

About the course

This is a course for health professionals who wish to strengthen their statistical skills and ability to analyse data. Students will gain confidence in carrying out the methods that are widely used in medical statistics, and interpreting the results for the practice of evidence-based health care.

  • This course is designed for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, midwives and other healthcare professionals, seeking to consolidate their understanding and ability in medical statistics. Core modules introduce the students to methods for observational and clinical trials research. Optional modules offer the students skills in growth areas such as systematic review, meta-analysis, and big data epidemiology, or specialist areas such as statistical computing, diagnosis and screening research and others.

The course aims to give students high competence in the concepts, methods, terminology and interpretation of medical statistics; and hence, enhance their ability to carry out their own research and to interpret published evidence.

Students should gain.

  • competence in execution and interpretation of core statistical techniques used by medical statisticians, particularly those used in multivariable analyses. multiple linear regression, logistic regression, and survival modelling, statistical analysis plans and statistical reporting
  • competence in execution and interpretation of core statistical techniques used by medical statisticians in clinical trials
  • competence in execution and interpretation of four other areas, selected by the student from the following options. meta-analysis; systematic review; big data epidemiology; statistical computing; diagnosis and screening; study design and research methods
  • hands-on experience, supervised by a senior member of our medical statistics team, of the analysis or meta-analysis of healthcare data, in order to address a question in evidence-based health care.

Supervision

The allocation of graduate supervision for this course is the responsibility of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and/or the Department for Continuing Education and it is not always possible to accommodate the preferences of incoming graduate students to work with a particular member of staff. Under exceptional circumstances a supervisor may be found outside the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and/or the Department for Continuing Education.

Assessment

Assessment for each module will be based on a written assignment of not more than 4,000 words. The dissertation will be on a topic chosen in consultation with your supervisor and the course director and should not normally exceed 15,000 words.

Graduate destinations

Most part-time students starting this course are already in full-time employment. The MSc offers health care professionals opportunities to enhance their working lives by.

  • updating and improving their clinical practice
  • facilitating effective and timely decision making in health care
  • identifying and applying research critically to improve their own and others’ practice
  • disseminating and translating high quality evidence for patient and public benefit
  • opening up new career opportunities.

Past students have also gone on to study for the part-time DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care and all graduates are invited to be part of an international alumni network where success is shared and new initiatives are supported.

Modules

Statistics for Clinical Trials
Essential Medical Statistics

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,455

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£8,455

Entry requirements

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the equivalent of the following UK qualifications or their equivalent: a first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in any subject. Successful completion of a professional training course or professional work experience in the health service or a health-related field may also be considered. For applicants with a degree from the USA, the minimum GPA normally sought is 3.6 out of 4.0.