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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Public Health Research

Postgraduate Course: Research Design for Public Health (PUHR11100)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to enable students to plan an evidence-based, ethical and feasible research project and to critically reflect on the process. The course will develop these skills for both students who are planning on doing a dissertation project, and those who are conducting other types of research projects.
Course description This five-week, 10-credit course will provide students with the opportunity to develop some of the practical research skills required to plan and carry out an academic research project, as well as enhance their capacity for self-directed learning, independent enquiry and critical engagement with the academic research literature. This course takes an applied approach, rather than a theoretical one, so students will learn about research skills by putting them into practice and by carrying out some of the steps involved in the research process and critically reflecting upon their own skills and how these are developing.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 3 (Sem 2)
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written exam 0%; Coursework 100%; Practical exam 0%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate applied research skills, i.e. conduct a literature search, define an appropriate evidence-based research question, translate this into specific objectives and identify feasible and ethical research methods
  2. Work autonomously by taking responsibility for identifying and researching a topic of their choice
  3. Critically reflect on their own learning and research planning processes, and be able to apply this to future research projects and enquiries
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsresearch skills,research proposal,global health,public health
Contacts
Course organiserMs Nicky Laing
Tel:
Email: Nicky.Laing@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)51 318
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk
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