MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care

Oxford Masters Degree The MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care is part of the Oxford International Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care, and is offered as a part-time course consisting of six taught modules and a dissertation.

This is a joint Programme with the Department of Primary Health Care and the Department for Continuing Education's Continuing Professional Development Centre and a particular aim of the Programme is to strengthen the natural links with the the CEBM.

A former MSc in EBHC student, Bradley Johnston, wrote to us when he heard that the Masters in EBHC was being restarted. He said:

"I enjoyed the learning environment immensely while in the MSc program. The teaching and learning philosophy (e.g., small group, self-directed, problem-based, interactive) fits very nicely with my own views and I hope to participate in this type of educational environment again very soon. I can't think of a learning environment that would be more exciting than that of the EBHC MSc course."

To find out more please visit the Department of Continuing Education at Oxford University.

First DPhil in EBHC Awarded!

Professor Mike Clarke, who worked as one of Steven Edwards' supervisors during his DPhil research, said

"The award of the University's first ever DPhil in Evidence Based Health Care to Steven Edwards is a richly deserved new milestone in his career, and a credit to those who established this novel programme.

"Sarah Wordsworth and I had the pleasure of working as co-supervisors for Steven and we learned a great deal from him. The part-time research programme in evidence based health care was ideally suited to someone like Steven. He was able to combine successfully a full time job with the work for his DPhil, and produced a thesis of high quality, including systematic reviews and an economic model of the effects of antibiotics in the intensive care setting.

"Not only did he prepare the thesis, he also led the work for several journal articles which have placed his research findings into the public domain over the last few years. I expect that Steven and his family will have enjoyed his first research-free Christmas for some time at the end of 2009, following his viva earlier in the month.

"I wish him well in the pursuit of the many research opportunities that will hopefully come his way as a 'post-doc' and am delighted to be part of a DPhil programme which gives students the flexibility to pursue substantial research projects in evidence based health care on a part-time basis."

Latest MSc Information

In addition to Janet Harris and Amanda Burls, we have designed the 'Evidence-Based Change' course to bring in teachers whose daily lives involve change management so that the examples are living and real and not just theoretical.

Teachers include: Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge officer of the NHS; David Crowe, of Crowe Associates, a consultant who advises business and public service clients on change management and other issues; Anne Brice, Associate Director of the UK National Knowledge Service, Professor Tom Quinn a member of the Department of Health Emergency Cardiac Care board who will talk about the national strategy to ensure that the latest evidence about the best care for people who have had a heart attack is implemented in England and Wales, Professor Paul Glasziou who will present a project designed to help implement a evidence based approach and bring about change in primary care in Milton Keynes.

The teaching will be problem based and the numbers of participants will be kept small so that discussion can focus around their own change management problems which each of them has been will be asked to identify in the pre-Oxford week and bring to the sessions.

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