Medicine MRes

at University of Leeds

The taught modules are designed to stimulate a deep and critical knowledge of research. The optional modules allow you to develop a comprehensive knowledge of different approaches to medical research. Between them, these modules will give you the skills you need to complete your research project, and help you understand how individual research projects fit in with the wider scientific community.
 

The Methods in Biomedical Research module will introduce many of the methods used across a variety of research settings. This will enable you to see patterns, whereby multiple different specialist technologies are actually answering similar questions in different contexts. The Paper Criticism and Publication Review and Dissemination modules allow you to understand how research is then presented to the world, how papers are written, and how the gradual progress of a research project is converted into disseminated information. This will enable you to read scientific papers and understand how those studies were carried out, which findings were then made public, and why.
 

As optional modules, you can choose between Principles of Data Science and Analytics, or Applied Qualitative Health Research. The data science module provides advanced techniques to analysis quantitative data. The qualitative module provides similar instruction for qualitative research. Your choice should reflect the nature of your research project, so you will be best placed to analyse the data you produce.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Methods in Biomedical Research    
• Research Project in Medicine    
• Paper Criticism in Medicine   
• Publication review and dissemination    

Applications will be considered from:
 

• Non-graduates who have successfully completed three years of a UK medical degree (or equivalent), and wish to take the MRes course as an intercalated course.

• Applicants with a first class or second class first division degree in a science allied with medicine (including anatomy, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, or biomedical science).

• Applicants with a MBChB, BChD or BVMS from a UK or EU University graduates with a second class second division science degree normally with appropriate work experience (two years or more) in a health subject area.
   

English language requirements

IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
 

Fees

• UK: £11,500 (total)
• International: £25,750 (total)
   

The Master of Research in Medicine is for people who want to pursue a lifelong career in academic medicine research.For medical students, the addition of the Medicine MRes on your CV is an advantage when applying for Academic Foundation Posts and Specialist Training Posts in the NHS.