Teaching & modules
Modules
Required Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
You are required to take the following modules:
- Fundamentals of Women and Children's Health (30 credits)
- Scientific and Clinical Research Skills in Practice (30 credits)
- Research Methods and Applied Statistics (30 credits)
- Research Project in Women and Children's Health (60 credits)
Optional Modules
In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- Perinatal Mental Health (15 credits)
- Birth Defects (15 credits)
- Assisted Conception (15 credits)
- Global Women & Children's Health (15 credits)
- The Essential Knowledge for Obstetric Medicine (15 credits)
- Reproductive Physiology (15 credits)
There are also modules run by the Dept. of Population Health Sciences that may be of interest (spaces limited and timetable dependent).
Teaching methods - what to expect
A typical week would have approximately 10-15 hours teaching with the remaining hours dedicated to self-guided learning. In the final semester, research projects are full time with hours dedicated to practical and data collection, data analysis and writing. You will study via a combination of lectures, journal clubs, group discussions, workshops and independent study.
Peer feedback, in course assignments such as data handling, research project and project report write-up, journal club, presentations and essays. All will be actively encouraged throughout the research project.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Exams
- Unseen written examinations
- Essays
We will assess you through a combination of coursework, seen/unseen written exams, essays, problem directed learning exercises, case studies, data-handling, creation of clinical study materials such as patient information sheets and consent forms, research proposal, oral presentations, and a final research project report.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Duration:
One year
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026