Course summary

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (October/November 2022). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas. This programme provides research-based doctoral training for Oxford medical students, offering a choice of interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research projects in an environment that encourages the student’s originality and creativity in their research. Please be advised that this course only accepts applications from current University of Oxford medical students. Students will need to have successfully completed the Pre-clinical Course (First BM) in order to apply In the programme, students will receive a world-leading research training experience in musculoskeletal and inflammatory diseases. Students participating in the scheme will be offered:

• a choice of interdisciplinary cutting-edge research projects;

• the opportunity to gain a working in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases and patient care through advanced level seminars;

• a world-renowned research environment that encourages the student’s originality and creativity in their research;

• opportunities to develop skills in making and testing hypotheses, in developing new theories, and in planning and conducting experiments; and

• an environment in which to develop skills in written work, oral presentation and publishing the results of their research in high-profile scientific journals, through constructive feedback of written work and oral presentations.

• have a thorough knowledge of the basic principles of research into inflammatory disorders, including the relevant literature and a comprehensive understanding of scientific methods and techniques applicable to their research;

• be able to demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in their field;

• have developed the ability to critically evaluate current research and research techniques and methodologies;

• be able to act autonomously in the planning and implementation of research; and

• have the grounding for an influential researcher of inflammatory diseases in the future.

• Basic mechanisms of inflammation

• Inflammatory and rheumatic disease

• Pain

• Clinical trials

• Epidemiology, computational and data science

• Tissue engineering and remodelling.