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Advanced Paediatrics
|MSc
|Part Time, Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenSTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
Year 1
- Paediatric Research: Methods, Statistical Application & Governance
- Service Delivery & Management
- Clinical Leadership
- Ethics & Child Health
- International Child Health
Year 2
- Research Module
Indicative non-core content
Year 1
- International Child Health
- Adolescent Healthcare
Year 2
Choice of one module from the following clinical areas (all 30 Credits):
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Neonatology
- Paediatric Respiratory & Allergy
- Paediatric Hepatology, Renal & Gastroenterology
- Paediatric Critical Care
- Paediatric Infectious Disease
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
Assessment is by essays, an unseen examination and some workplace-based assessments. For MSc students, the programme also requires completion of a research project that includes a thesis of at least 10,000 words.KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Simon Broughton
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
MSc: 180 credits; PG Dip: 120 credits; PG Cert: 60 credits
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September
Location
Guy's and Denmark Hill campuses.
Student destinations
This is a new and developing programme, with a successful first year launch in 2011 when we were oversubscribed for places. However, we aim to equip students with the specialist knowledge and expertise required for evidence-based clinical practice and leadership, as well as enhancing career opportunities in research and academia.
Year of entry 2013
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