Study Details: Part Time: 2 years, Full Time: 1 year.
This course provides postgraduate training for doctors specialising in orthopaedics and is delivered with support from consultant orthopaedic surgeons.
The course enables you to:
The programme is available through either a part-time (two-year) or a full-time (one-year) route. The programme structure is dependent on the programme route.
Admission criteria:
part-time route
Admission criteria: full-time route
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Full time students have the opportunity to undertake an optional observational experience within a clinical setting. A clinical advisor devises an individualised plan for each student, which is detailed in a learning contract. Observational opportunities are spread across the course and include a range of relevant activities. They may take place at any of the local NHS trust sites and you are expected to cover any associated costs yourself.
The course supports your career development by enhancing the research, evidence-based practice skills and principles underpinning specialist clinical practice that are required within the specialist field of trauma and orthopaedics. It provides an additional masters level qualification that may be used to support career progression. Engaging in research and a record of publication are important aspects in career progression if you are aiming to achieve a consultant position. Providing an opportunity to develop your research skills and to support you in preparing your work for publication is an important element of the course.
Course structure
Year 1 core modules
Developing Research Projects
Implementing Evidence Based Practice
Practical Statistics
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Year 2 core modules (part-time route only)
Dissertation and Research Article
Modules offered may vary.
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