Master of Science by Coursework in Medical Education (Part-time)
1. The Course shall be under the supervision of the Academic Committee of the Department of Education.
2. Candidates must follow for six terms a course of instruction specialising in Medical Education, undertaking the courses in the schedule below. This course is available on a part-time basis only.
3. Candidates must satisfy the examiners in the following:
Year 1
(i) Critical evaluation of medical education, a submitted coursework assessment of not more than 4,000 words;
(ii) Methodological challenges in medical education research, a submitted coursework assessment of not more than 4,000 words;
Year 2
(iii) An oral presentation covering the dissertation topic;
(iv) A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, on a topic relevant to the course. The dissertation must be submitted no later than noon on the second Thursday in September in the final year of the course.
4. Elements of the oral presentation may be submitted as part of the dissertation providing:
(i) the material has not been submitted in whole or in part for another degree of the University of Oxford, or a degree of any other university, and the candidate submits a statement to that effect;
(ii) the dissertation itself is substantially new;
(iii) the candidate also submits a statement specifying the extent of what is new.
5. The submitted coursework assessments, including the dissertation, must be submitted via the University approved online submission system, by dates and according to the instructions published in the Course Handbook. Technical information and the details of the assessment requirements for each assessment will be provided in the Course Handbook.
6. If a candidate receives a failing mark for any of the assessments, including the dissertation, they may resit the assessment on one further occasion, when this is next examined the following year, or at an earlier date which will be published in the Course Handbook.
7. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination for any assessment if required by the examiners.
Schedule
- Patients/Learners/Teachers
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Assessment issues and practices
- Educational theory and philosophy
- Work-based learning and skill development
- Educational research methods
