The module is designed to develop in students a critical approach to research design and an understanding of research processes. Content includes: project planning and project management; research governance; ethical principles in research conduct; populations, samples and sampling; data gathering…
Curriculum: ICAT
Graduate Seminars – Public Health and Population Science
This module comprises 10 two-hour seminars over the course of the academic year for PhD and Research Masters students of Public Health. Each seminar is comprised of two or three presentations from graduate students of the SPHPPS or guest external…
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
This module will introduce students to epidemiological principles and research methods primarily focussed on population-based studies, but fundamental to well-conducted studies acoss a broad range of disciplines. Topics to be covered include: – populations, demography, demographic transition; – occurrence and…
Biostatistics I
Topics covered in this module include: – Understanding data, types of variables, levels of measurement, distributions of data; – Descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion; – Summarising and presenting descriptive data; – Concept of sampling variation which…
Graduate Teaching Assistant
This module offers Masters and Doctoral students in the Health Sciences the opportunity: (a) to explore theoretical principles of teaching and learning; and (b) to gain practical experience in the delivery and assessment of seminars and tutorials to undergraduate medical…
Appraisal Translational Med A
This module is designed to enable research students to integrate the scientific and clinical aspects of their translational research, to increase their ability to critically assess the current literature and develop their critical thinking skills. It is also designed to…
Appraisal Translational Med B
This module is designed to enable translational medicine research students – to further develop their knowledge of the clinical issues and scientific developments relevant to their research, – to further develop their critical analysis skills – to become adept at…
HRB-Trials Methodology Research Network Training
What is the HRB-TMRN? Randomised trials (which can include clinical trials, healthcare interventions, clinical evaluations and behavior change interventions) are studies conducted to evaluate the potential benefits (and risks) of health care interventions such as new medical treatments. These studies provide the…
Conway Lecture & Seminar Series
Designed to provide research students with an overview of the latest research developments across the breadth of the biological sciences, to advance their ability to critically assess scientific methodologies and data, and to demonstrate how best to deliver succinct, clear…
Fundamental Biological Imaging
This course is designed for students who wish to understand and become critically aware of the basic principles, practice and applications of rapidly developing imaging technologies.The course covers the following: Principles of microscopy Staining and contrasting of samples Histochemistry, immunohistochemistry…