Research in Practice
This module offers you the opportunity to develop a personal learning plan identifying skills and knowledge you wish to develop and to join an experienced existing research team.
Key facts
Overview
As a future researcher, you’ll need to advance your practice of these methods, develop project management skills, understand governance issues, and work as part of a research team.
You will work under the guidance of a dedicated mentor on a live or developing health research project and simultaneously meet your own personalised learning objectives.
You will identify a research placement to suit your interests and we will support you to plan a bespoke research placement experience. Placements are likely to be within your own organisation.
You will:
- undertake a 12-day (approximately 90-hour) research placement (spread over part-time hours or in a block of time according to your availability);
- contribute via online methods or in person;
- put some of your research knowledge, experience and/or training into practice;
- critically reflect upon your learning experience.
This will help to prepare you for taking ownership of your professional development as a researcher.
Entrance requirements
Students must be working in an organisation that provides opportunities to join an existing research team or have a research placement already agreed in principle with a host research team/group, or work in a research-related role, or have previous research experience.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:
- IELTS Academic or UKVI 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each sub-skill.
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) 62 overall with 60 in each sub-skill.
- IBT TOEFL 80 overall with 18 in reading, 23 in writing, 19 in listening and 21 in speaking.
See our information on English language requirements for more details on the language tests we accept and options to waive these requirements.
Objectives
The learning outcomes for this module are:
- Demonstrate a critical knowledge and understanding of the complexity of contemporary health research in practice including ethical and regulatory issues such as data protection and confidentiality;
- Demonstrate an ability to meaningfully apply knowledge and skills in a health research setting;
- Demonstrate personal organisation, planning and evaluation skills, in a health research setting;
- Work effectively as part of a research team;
- Advanced oral and written communication/presentation skills;
- Problem-solving skills within a specific health research project/s.
Structure and content
The module provides an opportunity for students to gain academic credits for undertaking practice placements (online or remote working) in health research settings of their choice. It enables an individualised, flexible and bespoke experience for students of health research in action. As such, there is no set curriculum content. Some input is provided in relation to setting learning objectives and formulating a learning plan for placement learning. Academic supervision and support is provided through regular webinar sessions.
Delivery and assessment
You will complete your research placement days and submit a structured reflective journal on your experience of your placement experience.
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