Postgraduate Course: Research Methodology (DENT11151)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course will present the principles of scientific research; how to formulate a hypothesis; how to test this hypothesis; how to interpret the results; and how to present these as a research finding and dissertation.
Course description	From the initial protocol and the development of the literature review, students will learn how to formulate a research hypothesis, learn about data collection from laboratory, clinical, or other research methods, how to analyse the results, and to present the discussion and conclusions. Writing a paper for publication in a peer-reviewed journal will form part of this process.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 25 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	50% Written exam.Ťbr /ť 25% Clinical (50% unseen cases and 50% viva exam).Ťbr /ť 25% Dissertation.Ťbr /ť Ťbr /ť
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand what scientific research is (as opposed to audit) How to formulate a research hypothesis How to test this hypothesis How to interpret the results How to present these as research findings