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 Postgraduate Course: Masters Research Project (OPTH11013)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |  
| Course type | Dissertation | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 60 | ECTS Credits | 30 |  
 
| Summary | A Masters research project will be undertaken to further develop students' critical abilities and underpin ophthalmic knowledge in their chosen subspecialty topic. |  
| Course description | Not entered |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
| Additional Costs | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Full Year |  | Course Start Date | 21/09/2015 |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
600
(
Online Activities 61,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
523 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Outline Project Approval (Phase 1) 10%; Detailed Summary Submission (Phase 2) 20%; Formal ePoster Presentation (Phase 3) 20%; Masters Project Report (Phase 4) 50%. |  
| Feedback | Not entered |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        Students who complete this course successfully will be able to: 
 1) Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of chosen ophthalmic subspecialty.
 
 
 
2) Identify, conceptualise and offer original and creative insights into novel information and/or recently published data.3) Produce a written critique of a defined piece of research.4) Demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices. |  
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Keywords | Optometry, Optometrist, Ophthalmology, Eye Disease |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Baljean Dhillon Tel: (0131 6)50 9240
 Email: Baljean.Dhillon@ed.ac.uk
 | Course secretary | Miss Sarah Jones Tel: 0131 527 3496
 Email: s.jones@rcsed.ac.uk
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