Graduate Studies Prospectus - University of Oxford

Evidence-Based Health CareJoint with Medical Sciences Division: Department of Primary Health Carewww.conted.ox.ac.ukContinuing EducationϐϐKey FactsResearch ProgrammesTaught ProgrammesEntry RequirementsEnglish LanguageRequirementsFeesDPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care(part-time)MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care(part-time)Undergraduate degree or successfulcompletion of a professional trainingcourse, or at least two years’ professionalwork experience in the health service or ahealth-related fieldResearch degrees Higher levelTaught degrees Higher levelwww.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/ebhc/fees_and_terms.aspNumber of Applicants Research degrees 20Taught degrees 30Number ofResearch degrees Up to 15Places OfferedTaught degrees Up to 20Application Deadlines 21 November 2008, 23 January 2009and 13 March 2009. We may acceptapplications after the main deadlinesif places are available. Please contactEnquiries for further informationContact for Enquiries EBHC Portfolio Administratorcpdhealth@conted.ox.ac.uk+44 (0) 1865 286943ϐϐResources AvailableUniversity libraries including:Continuing Education Library, Rewley HouseRadcliffe Science LibraryA virtual learning environmentϐϐRelated Programmes AvailableMSc in Experimental Therapeutics(programme run jointly with the Department of ClinicalPharmacology)MSc in Global Health Sciences(programme run by the Department of Public Health)Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious DiseasesPostgraduate Certificate in the Provision of Health Care toPeople Experiencing HomelessnessMSt in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive TherapyPostgraduate Diploma/MSc in Advanced Cognitive TherapyStudiesPostgraduate Diploma in Cognitive TherapyϐϐAcademic Staff Profileswww.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/ebhc/teaching_staff.aspϐϐResearch ProgrammesDPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care (part-time)The part-time DPhil programme considers applications from thosewho have already been awarded the MSc in Evidence-BasedHealth Care (and other equivalent MScs on a case-by-case basis),in which case the programme can be completed in a minimumof four years. Applications will also be considered from others, inwhich case the Programme can be completed in a minimum of sixyears. Supervision is arranged to suit the DPhil topic.http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk/healthsciences/courses/dphil/default.asp|| Thesis topics should have a significant focus on issues relatedto evidence-based practice, e.g. barriers to getting evidenceinto practice; failure to get research into practice; gettingresearch into a practice project in a particular evidence areaand its evaluation; or methodological issues in researchsynthesis etc.|| The DPhil should not focus on a primary research topic thatwould be better suited to a different discipline, e.g. healthservices research or primary research in a particular speciality.|| Applicants will need a University of Oxford supervisor beforethey can be accepted onto the part-time DPhil programme.Most of the supervision and discussion of the thesis should bewith the Oxford supervisor.|| Students are likely to be based outside Oxford and may,therefore, find it helpful to have a local supervisor who shouldhave content knowledge with a PhD or equivalent backgroundand who is capable of supervising a thesis; for students basedoutside the UK such a local supervisor is a pre-requisite foracceptance onto the programme.ϐϐTaught ProgrammesMSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (part-time)The MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care is offered part-timeconsisting of six assessed taught modules (some online) and aresearch project with an associated dissertation. The flexiblestructure of the course has been devised to fit with the structureof specialist training and to accommodate student choice. Thisis a joint programme with the Department of Primary HealthCare and the Department for Continuing Education’s ContinuingProfessional Development Centre. The programme is underpinnedby Primary Health Care’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.|| Length of programme: 2–3 years, part-time study.|| Core and optional courses:www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd/ebhc/modules|| We reserve the right not to run all or part of the programmeif the number of successful applicants falls below a minimumthreshold.ϐϐGraduate DestinationsMost part-time students on these programmes are already infull-time employment in related fields on commencement of theprogrammes.146LLEnquiries:cpdhealth@conted.ox.ac.ukHow to apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/