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Evidence Based Medicine & Education – (M.Sc.)

University of Glasgow

School of Medicine
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Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 5,290 - ≈ € 17,633 (non-EEA)
Location: Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: September
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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* MSc (Clin Sci): 12 months full-time

The use of a variety of teaching and learning methods (traditional, supervised work, independent learning and problem-based learning in teams) and the use of a variety of assessment modes (examination, written work, presentations, evaluation) both stimulate your development of versatile skills and provide comprehensive references for your prospective employers.

You will take three core courses

Evidence-based medicine and research

This course provides core skills in critical review, communications, medical ethics, statistics and data handling, research methods and the principles of evidence-based medicine, good clinical practice and clinical governance to equip you for your own medical practice and to prepare you for the following specialist courses.

The principles of health professions education

This course will provide you with a critical understanding of knowledge of the evidence in the literature about teaching, learning, assessment, curriculum design, development and implementation with respect to health-professions education. You will develop skills in analysis and reflective practice in that the evidence in the literature will be considered in the context of your own professional situation. You will be introduced to models and examples of health-professions education in institutions, with a view to recognising, analysing and describing the educational principles that they serve, with respect to teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum matters.

Evidence-based medicine and education dissertation

You will carry out a project that will be evaluated with a dissertation. This dissertation will either be on a medical, scientific or education topic. It may involve an experimental or audit study and will be full time from May. The project is a means of getting you to engage in detail with a topic or issue relevant to your specialist medical science or education, to carry out an investigation into that topic or issue and to present an extended critical and evidence based written argument including discussion of relevance to medical science.


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The use of a variety of teaching and learning methods (traditional, supervised work, independent learning and problem-based learning in teams) and the use of a variety of assessment modes (examination, written work, presentations, evaluation) both stimulate your development of versatile skills and provide comprehensive references for your prospective employers.

You will take three core courses

Evidence-based medicine and research

This course provides core skills in critical review, communications, medical ethics, statistics and data handling, research methods and the principles of evidence-based medicine, good clinical practice and clinical governance to equip you for your own medical practice and to prepare you for the following specialist courses.

The principles of health professions education

This course will provide you with a critical understanding of knowledge of the evidence in the literature about teaching, learning, assessment, curriculum design, development and implementation with respect to health-professions education. You will develop skills in analysis and reflective practice in that the evidence in the literature will be considered in the context of your own professional situation. You will be introduced to models and examples of health-professions education in institutions, with a view to recognising, analysing and describing the educational principles that they serve, with respect to teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum matters.

Evidence-based medicine and education dissertation

You will carry out a project that will be evaluated with a dissertation. This dissertation will either be on a medical, scientific or education topic. It may involve an experimental or audit study and will be full time from May. The project is a means of getting you to engage in detail with a topic or issue relevant to your specialist medical science or education, to carry out an investigation into that topic or issue and to present an extended critical and evidence based written argument including discussion of relevance to medical science.

IELTS

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.

Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.

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Requirements

You should have a medical degree and at least two years postgraduate experience in medicine.

All candidates must have IELTS level 6.5 English with no less than 6 in any sub-unit if English is not their first language.

Language Proficiency

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade B (Score: 75)

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You can contact Mrs Frances Todd to ask a question about Evidence Based Medicine & Education at University of Glasgow.

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