Evidence-Based Health Care (Teaching and Education) MSc
University of Oxford
Key Course Facts
Course Description
This course is designed to help professionals improve their knowledge and application of the skills directly related to their roles as research-informed educators of Evidence-Based Health Care.
The MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Teaching and Education) will position you to integrate theory and research evidence, critical reflection and principles of design, assessment and evaluation in planning and delivering effective education in evidence-based medicine and health care. It can be taken part-time alongside work commitments, generally over two to four years.
This is a joint programme between the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and the Department for Continuing Education. The programme is led by staff from the renowned Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford.
This programme has teachers and contributors who are internationally recognised leaders in the field of evidence-based health care, research-led teaching and experts in medical education and research. The flexible structure of the course has been devised to suit people studying alongside professional commitments and to accommodate student choice.
The aims of the course are for you to:
- continue your professional development as educators, support the professional development of others, and to play a leading role in furthering education in evidence-based health care;
- foster your leadership in the teaching and education of evidence-based health care throughout the health professional education continuum;
- enable you to develop your teaching role in clinical and educational settings, including the use of educational technologies and online/virtual environments;
- teach core concepts of evidence-based health care including research methods, critical appraisal, biostatistics, and translational science effectively and with confidence;
- undertake effective course design and evaluation in evidence-based health care;
- broaden and deepen your knowledge of relevant theoretical frameworks and educational research evidence;
- inform practice with the best available evidence regarding effective methods and approaches to education in evidence-based health care; and
- develop skills to undertake rigorous evaluation of educational interventions including evidence syntheses and small-scale research studies contributing to the evidence-base for effective education in evidence-based health care.
Course structure
The MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (Teaching and Education) is a part-time course. There are four compulsory modules, two option modules and a dissertation.
You will take the following four compulsory modules:
- Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
- Developing Practice in Medical Education
- Course Design, Assessment and Evaluation
- Developing Online Education and Resources.
You will then choose an additional two modules from the following options currently available:
- Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods
- Knowledge into Action
- Systematic Reviews
- Complex Reviews
- Realist Reviews and Realist Evaluation
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Qualitative and Mixed Methods Systematic Reviews
- Randomised Controlled Trials
- Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research
- Meta-analysis
- Mixed Methods in Health Research.
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- Graduate Degrees
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- 7.0
- Undergraduate Degrees
- (no subscore less than 6.0)
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
Rent | £518 |
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
Supermarket shopping | £81 |
Clothing | £35 |
Eating out | £33 |
Alcohol | £27 |
Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
Transport within city | £17 |
Self-care / sports | £20 |
Stationary / books | £13 |
Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
Insurance | £51 |
Other | £95 |
Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
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About University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a prestigious research university located in Oxford, England, and is the oldest English language university in the world. It is made up of 39 partly autonomous constituent colleges, six private halls, and a variety of academic departments which are split into four divisions: Humanities, Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
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Student composition of University of Oxford
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Total number of students enrolled at University of Oxford by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 12425
- postgraduates:
- 9785
- Total:
- 22210
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