Health Research Methods

Entry requirements

Normally a minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. Relevant clinical or professional experience may be taken into consideration as evidence of equivalency. A personal statement, detailing your reasons for seeking to undertake this subject, will be required.

Months of entry

September

Course content

• Develop the skills and knowledge needed to enact meaningful change as an effective and confident healthcare practitioner.
• Designed for health researchers, academic clinical fellows, nurses, midwives, allied healthcare professionals and public health professionals.
• Also suitable for new graduates seeking a comprehensive grounding in health services research methods to develop your career as a health researcher.
• Study topics such as patient and public involvement, collaborative working, evidence-based practice, complex interventions, health economics, clinical trials and medical statistics.
• Taught by leading international experts and authors in complex interventions research methods.

Play a vital role in making health services better. Constant changes in healthcare means that highly skilled researchers are in-demand for developing, testing, evaluating and implementing evidence-based healthcare in highly complex situations.

By studying MSc Health Research Methods, you could help solve important problems to deliver better, safer and more accessible healthcare to the population.

Previous topics that students have chosen for independent study include:

• Exploring facilitators and barriers of patients’ trust in clinical pharmacists in Primary Care.
• Improving the physical health monitoring of patients taking Clozepine.
• Intravenous antimicrobial therapy in the home.
• Effectiveness of group psychological interventions in reducing the burden for caregivers of patients with dementia residing in the community.

Information for international students

Please visit our entry requirements section for equivalencies from your country and further information on English language requirements.

Please visit our international equivalency pages to enable you to see if your existing academic qualifications meet our entry requirements.

International students are normally subject to visa regulations which prevent part-time study. It is recommended that international students apply for the level of the final award you intend to complete i.e. PGCert, PGDip or Masters, due to the associated cost and requirements for a Tier 4 student Visa.

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2. Please visit our English language requirements page to view the required test scores and equivalencies from your country.

Fees and funding

We invest heavily in scholarships for talented prospective Masters students. This is in addition to the UK Government’s Postgraduate Loan Scheme. For information on how you can fund your postgraduate degree at the University of Exeter, please visit the postgraduate study pages on our website.