Entry requirements

Expected Academic Standard

Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK Good II.i Honours Degree.

If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country.

The Department of Clinical Neurosciences considers applicants from all backgrounds, not only Neuroscience.

University Minimum Academic Requirements

Months of entry

September

Course content

The MPhil in Translating Devices and Advanced Therapies Research is aimed at individuals who are interested in the development and implementation of medical devices and/or advanced therapy interventions. The course would benefit individuals in clinical practice, academia or industry who require the knowledge to take the complex interventions through the implementation pathway.

The taught course is delivered by experts in their field, including lectures, small group workshops and online learning. There is a particular focus on case studies of successful development and implementation of medical devices and/or cell and gene therapy research. The course will cover:

Understanding the NIHR/MRC framework in Complex Interventions for improving healthcare
Conducting clinical trials in Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies
Regulatory and ethical frameworks
Statistical analyses for intervention trials
Developing a scale up and implementation strategy
Enterprise and Intellectual Property
Obtaining funding
Conducting inclusive and patient/clinician-relevant research

The course has the following aims:

1. For participants to acquire broad knowledge and expertise in medical devices and advanced therapeutics, with knowledge relevant to every stage of development from initial proof of concept work to commercialisation (NIHR/MRC framework for developing complex intervention will be used to underpin learning);

2. To establish participants abilities to map out the stages required to bring a new device or advanced therapy to market, and the knowledge to build a team with the skills to complete this;

3. For participants to acquire transferable knowledge and expertise in the design, analysis and critical appraisal of research as well as communication and team building in a research environment;

4. For participants to develop skills in planning, conducting and delivering a research project.

Learning Outcomes

On completing the course, participants should be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

- demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the pre-clinical development of Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies research;

- demonstrate a broad understanding of the regulatory and ethical frameworks around Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies research;

- demonstrate a broad understanding of how Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies are scaled-up and implemented, including the theory behind this process, intellectual property, economics and interactions with industry;

- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of data analysis techniques including meta-analysis as well as an introduction to big data and machine learning;

- demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the importance of inclusivity, sustainability and social responsibility, communication and team building in the design and delivery of Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies research;

- demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with the practical understanding of how research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the field;

- demonstrate a broad understanding of research techniques applicable to Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies research;

- demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the background to their selected research project including the research methods and methods of data analysis.

Skills and other attributes

- explain the importance and impact of topics in their area of specialisation to specialist and non-specialist/public audiences;

- demonstrate expertise in research methods, data analysis and statistics, and application of the methods to interpret the data collected during the research project;

- analyse research literature and contemporary topics in the areas of their specialisation, and present such analyses in written and oral formats;

- demonstrate expertise in presenting novel data in different presentation and written formats;

- gain skills in preparing a presenting a concise proposal to potential collaborators and investors in a 5 minute ‘Dragons Den’ style pitch;

- demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving approaches to experimental data;

- demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the clinical trial design and delivery of Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies research.

Information for international students

Language Requirement

IELTS (Academic)

Element Score

Listening 7.0

Writing 7.0

Reading 6.5

Speaking 7.0

Total 7.0

TOEFL Internet Score

Element Score

Listening 25

Writing 25

Reading 25

Speaking 25

Total 100

CAE

Score: Grade A & B (overall score of 193, with no element lower than 185 plus a Language Centre assessment)

CPE

Score: Grade A, B, or C (with at least 200 with no element lower than 185).

Fees and funding

Funding Opportunities

There are no specific funding opportunities advertised for this course. For information on more general funding opportunities, please follow the link below.

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