Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
Differences from 2019/20 to 2021/22
(new regulations for students registering on any of the awards listed from 1 October 2012 and available to existing students )
A. Definition of the Programme
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1. The Continuing Education Board and the Medical Sciences Board shall jointly offer a Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care Studies at postgraduate level.
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2. The Continuing Education Board and the Medical Sciences Board shall jointly elect for the supervision of the Programme a Standing Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
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3. The subject of the Programme shall be Evidence-Based Health Care Studies.
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4. The policy of the Continuing Education Board on variable intensity part-time postgraduate study applies to this Programme.
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5. The following awards shall be available within the Programme:
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I. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
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II. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Medical Statistics)
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III. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Systematic Reviews)
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IV. Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Health Care
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V. Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Health Care
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VI. Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research
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VII. Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research
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VIII. Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care
- IX. Postgraduate Certificate in Qualitative Health Research Methods
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B. Progression
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7. Students who have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma and who do not wish to continue their studies may end their registration at that point and be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma as the case may be.
C. Duration
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8. The minimum period of registration on the Programme shall be three terms.
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D. Study criteria for eligibility for awards
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10. The modules available in the Programme are specified in the Schedule below. Not all modules are available for each award. Any additional restrictions on permitted combinations of modules will be given on the course website. Modules available will be published by the end of the Michaelmas Term in the year before registering on the course. Every candidate for a given award will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
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I. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
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(i) submission of the required assessed work relating to modules i) and ii) and from four modules selected from iii) to xx) or xxx) of the schedule at H. Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module;
(ii) submission of a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Standing Committee. Approval must be sought no later than the first day of the ninth term of registration. The dissertation must be submitted within three terms of the date of approval, notwithstanding the maximum permitted period of registration.
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II. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Medical Statistics)
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(i) Submission of the required assessed work relating to modules xi) and xvi) and from four modules of which up to three may be selected from modules xvii), xviii) and xxi) or xxx) and up to two may be selected from modules ii), vi), either viii) or xix) (but not both), or xxx) of the schedule at H. Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module;
(ii) Submission of a dissertation as set out in I.(ii) above.
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III. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Systematic Reviews)
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submissionSubmission of therequiredassessed work relating to each of thesixfour modules: i),ii)viii), xviii), and xix) and relating to two modules selected from ii), xi), xx),orxxv) and xxx)from the schedule at H.Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module;(ii) submission of a dissertation as set out in I(ii) above.
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IV. Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Health Care
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(i) submission of the required assessed work relating to either modules i) and ii); or modules xi) and xvi) and from any four of modules iii) to xxi) or xxx) of the schedule at H. Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module.
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V. Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Health Care
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(i) submission of the required assessed work relating to either modules i) and ii); or modules xi) and xvi); and relating to one module selected from modules iii) to xxi) or xxx) of the schedule at H. Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module.
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VI. Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research
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(i) submission of the required assessed work, relating to:
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a. modules i) and ii) and any three of modules selected from modules iii) to xi), or xiv) to xv) or xxx) of the schedule at H, or of the modules indicated as available in the regulations for the MSc in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics; and relating to
b. one additional module taken from above, or xii) of the schedule at H, or from those indicated in the regulations for the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice;
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Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words.
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VII. Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research
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(i) submission of the required assessed work, relating to modules i) and ii) and any one module selected from modules iii) to x) or xiv) or xv) in the schedule at H, or one of the modules indicated as available from the regulations for the MSc in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics. Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words.
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VIII. Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care
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Submission of the required assessed work relating to modules xii), xxii) and xxiii). Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words.
IX. Postgraduate Certificate in Qualitative Health Research Methods
Submission of the required assessed work relating to modules x), xv) and xxiv). Each of the assessments shall be of not more than 4,000 words.
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11. Assignments and dissertations shall be submitted
(viausing the University approved onlinesubmissionassessmentsystem)platform to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates.Dissertations shall be submitted in hard copy and in an electronic format, as prescribed in the course handbook, to the Examiners c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates. -
Assignments and dissertations must be accompanied by a statement that they are the candidate's work except where otherwise indicated.
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12. Provided the Standing Committee is satisfied that a student on the Programme has undertaken equivalent study, of an appropriate standard, normally at another institution of higher education, or has appropriate work experience to an equivalent standard, the committee shall have the discretion to permit the candidate to be exempted from the submission of a written assignment in respect of one module for a Postgraduate Certificate, two modules for a Postgraduate Diploma and three modules for any of the M.Sc awards. In exercising this discretion the Standing Committee shall have consideration to the length of time that has elapsed since the study or work experience was undertaken.
E. The Examinations
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14. Candidates are required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies leading to each award unless dispensed by the examiners.
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15. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the assignments or the dissertation under 10 above will be permitted, normally within one year of the original failure, to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts they have failed on not more than one occasion for each assignment without being required to repeat attendance at the relevant module or modules.
F. Prior Undertaking of modules for credit
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16. The Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of a module including the associated assessment prior to registration for an award listed under 5 above as having met the examination requirements in respect of that module under 10. above.
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17. The maximum number of modules taken prior to registration for an award that can contribute to the achievement of the award shall be one for the Postgraduate Certificates, three for the Postgraduate Diplomas and three for each of the MSc awards.
G. Subsuming of previous modules and awards under the Programme
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18. If any student who has previously successfully completed one of the Postgraduate Certificates and ended their registration on the Programme subsequently is re-admitted to another award listed under 5, the Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of modules within that Postgraduate Certificate as having met the examination requirements in respect of the modules under 10. above.
19. If any student who has previously successfully completed one of the Postgraduate Diplomas and ended their registration on the Programme subsequently is re-admitted to any of the MSc awards, the Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of modules within that Postgraduate Diploma as having met the examination requirements in respect of the modules under 10 above. Such discretion will normally only be exercised if the time elapsed between first registration on a module contributing to the Postgraduate Diploma and registering for the MSc is not more than two years.
20. If a student who has been awarded a Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate is subsequently awarded a higher award, the MSc or Postgraduate Diploma will subsume the lower award.
H. Schedule of Modules
i) Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care
ii) Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods
iii) Ethics for Biosciences
iv) Knowledge into Action
v) Clinical Epidemiology
vi) Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening
vii) Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research
viii) Systematic Reviews
ix) Randomized Control Trials
x) Qualitative Research Methods
xi) Essential Medical Statistics
xii) Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
xiii) The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care
xiv) Clinical Trial Management
xv) Mixed Methods in Health Research
xvi) Statistics for Clinical Trials
- xviii) Big Data Epidemiology
- xviii) Meta-Analysis
- xix) Complex Reviews
- xx) Realist Reviews and Realist Evaluation
- xxi) Statistical Computing with R and Stata
xxii) Developing Practice in Medical Education
- xxiii) Course Design, Assessment and Evaluation
- xxiv) Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
- xxv) Introduction to Synthesising Qualitative Research
- xxx) Any other module as defined by the Programme Director and approved by the Standing Committee.
Additional modules available (as specified above) from the regulations for the MSc in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
Structure of clinical trials and experimental therapeutics
Drug development, pharmacokinetics and imaging
Pharmacodynamics, biomarkers and personalised therapy
Adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and pharmacovigilance
How to do research on therapeutic interventions: protocol preparation
Biological therapeutics
Additional modules available (as specified above) from the regulations for the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice
Human factors, teamwork and communication
Becoming a clinical educator
Quality improvement science and systems analysis