Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery MSc

at University College London

This programme aims to impart a core knowledge and understanding of reconstructive surgery. The programme helps to equip healthcare professionals and scientists with the research skills and translations knowledge necessary for clinically applied research in this field.

The programme is designed to provide you with a robust understanding of scientific and clinical research basis.  It will provide the necessary transferable research skills (e.g. laboratory, critical analysis and synthetic) and allow scientists to appreciate the clinical needs and requirements of the patients requiring this speciality.  The core curriculum includes burns, military, and reconstructive plastic surgery, and provides a unique insight into the unmet needs of reconstructive patients, along with research methodologies for clinical and research data analysis skills.  Depending on your choice of optional modules you can either follow a science-based route with interdisciplinary subjects such as tissue engineering, biomaterials and the application of stem cells, or you can choose to focus on clinical skills modules such as microsurgery, robotics skills and evidence-based systematic reviews.