Explore our Health Research taught course

P-B92C (MSc);
P-B9C2C (PGCert); P-B9C2D (PGDip)

MSc/PGCert/PGDip

1 year FT or 3 years PT (MSc); 2 years PT (PGDip); 1 year PT (PGCert)

3 October 2022

Warwick Medical School

University of Warwick

Available as a PGCert, PGDip and MSc, Warwick's Health Research course is for those intending to go onto a career that involves health-related research. Carefully structured, developed and delivered by experts in their fields, Warwick Medical School offers you high quality learning.

Research into healthcare today can positively impact and change healthcare policies and systems for the future. Our Master’s in Health Research enables and prepares you to conduct your own research in the most efficient way. Course content includes research methods, statistics and broader research skills.

Skills from this degree

You will learn the skills to conduct your research in the most efficient way possible, including:

• Mixed methods research skills
• Qualitative research skills
• Quantitative research skills
• Analytical skills

Teaching is through seminars and lectures and includes a dissertation - an extensive piece of work that you will choose, research and write with individual supervision from your tutor.

Class sizes will vary, however on average they comprise of 20-25 students.

Contact Hours

Modules are assessed by written assignment or a combination of recorded oral presentation and written assignment.

Your dissertation will need to be an original work of 15,000-20,000 words on a topic agreed with your supervisor.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web page.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

First degree (2:ii) or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject. We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with a minimum of three years’ work experience.

• Band A
• IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.5 in reading and writing and no component below 6.0.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

• Postgraduate Induction and Your Professional Development
• Epidemiology and Statistics
• Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Healthcare
• Qualitative Research Methods in Health

Optional Core Modules

• Design, Analysis and Interpretation of Epidemiological Research
• Mixed Methods for Health Research
• Introduction to Health Economics (for Non-Economists)

• Approaches to the Digital
• Complexity in the Social Sciences
• Digital Objects, Digital Methods
• Gender, Imperialism and International Development
• Themes and Methods in Medical History

Read more about the core and optional modules on the Medical School's website.

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