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. PGCert The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Health Research is designed for medical and dental trainees with the potential to become independent researchers, and to be taken part-time alongside work commitments, normally over one or two years. The Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research will help you to:

• develop skills of research, design and data analysis in both qualitative and quantitative research;

• critically evaluate health research;

• apply the principles of evidence-based practice in health care settings;

• plan how to implement the findings of research to improve health care; and

• use theories and principles underpinning clinical research to inform your own research practice.

• develop skills of research, design and data analysis in both qualitative and quantitative research;

• critically evaluate health research;

• identify, critically appraise and incorporate the results of medical and social science research into the day-to-day decision making of clinical, scientific and administrative practice;

• apply the principles of evidence-based practice in health care settings;

• plan how to implement the findings of research to improve health care; and

• use theories and principles underpinning clinical research to inform their own research practice.