Clinical Research PGDip

The Clinical research programme provides a credit-bearing training opportunity for academic clinical fellows and clinical lecturers in medicine and dentistry.

This programme gives you the opportunity to develop academic research skills within the framework of your busy clinical training programme. It is designed for clinical academic trainees in all specialties and is available for September or January start.

The programme will:

• Prepare you for a career in academic clinical research
• Provide formal training in the regulatory and ethical framework for clinical research
• Develop your key skills in research design, statistical analysis, and critical review
• Encourage you to engage with public and patients, communicate effectively with different audiences, and understand the importance of communication to the public perception of research
• Equip you to undertake independent research, including critical thinking and consideration of research impact
• Meet the requirement of the NIHR and other funders for academic clinical fellows to undertake relevant training in research methodology.

Facilities

• The William Harvey Research Institute offers state-of-the art core facilities, including a Genome Centre, a flow cytometry and cell sorting station, and in vivoimaging facilities
• A Learning Resources Centre, open around the clock, with 200 networked PCs solely for the use of postgraduate students
• Medical libraries located at the Royal London and St Bart's hospitals and at the main university campus at Mile End
• Access to the Postgraduate Reading Room
• Research access to the British Library

Career paths

If you are an Academic Clinical Fellow or Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary or an associated NHS Trust, this Clinical Research MRes programme will give you credit-bearing research training.

Your relevant training in research methodology will meet the requirements of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and other funders.