Postgraduate Course: Research Methodologies (GMED11029)
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 | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course will give an introduction to the genetics and statistics of brain ageing, human and animal brain imaging, and research governance. It will be a more practical focused course covering the research methodologies of each area. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    SEMESTER 1, WEEK 1 
Genetics 1 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 2 
Genetics 2 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 3 
Genetics 3 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 4 
Research management 1 - governance 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 5 
Research management 2 - ethics 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 6 
Research management 3 $ú data management 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 7 
Cognitive ageing overview 
Statistics 1 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 8 
Statistics 2 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 9 
Statistics 3 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 10 
Statistics 4 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 11 
Statistics 5 
 
SEMESTER 1, WEEK 12 
Statistics 6 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 1 
Communication of research findings 1 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 2 
Communication of research findings 2 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 3 
Human and animal brain imaging 1 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 4 
Human and animal brain imaging 2 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 5 
Human and animal brain imaging 3 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 6 
Human and animal brain imaging 4 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 7 
Research management 4 - recruitment 
 
SEMESTER 2, WEEK 8 
Research management 5 - involvement of participants 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Two MCQ assessments one at the end of each semester (50% each). | 
 
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Learning Outcomes 
    Learning objectives 
 
&·	Genetics of brain ageing 
&·	Statistics of brain ageing 
&·	Human and animal  brain imaging 
&·	Research governance
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr John Starr 
Tel: (0131) 536 4535 
Email: jstarr@staffmail.ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Dr Beverly Roberts 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368 
Email: beverly.roberts@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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