Overview

About the course

For health professionals seeking an understanding of the importance of systematic reviews in healthcare as well as the practical skills to conduct them. Training is provided in the fundamental principles of evidence-based healthcare and research design, with more specific training in the conduct of basic and more complex systematic reviews.

The Evidence-Based Health Care (Systematic Reviews) course at the University of Oxford aims to provide a structured training in designing, conducting, and interpreting high-quality systematic reviews in health care.

www.conted.ox.ac.uk/msc-in-ebhc-systematic-reviews

The course also aims:

to introduce the basic concepts and skills of evidence-based health care, including how to formulate a clinical research question, search for evidence, critically appraise evidence for sources of bias, and apply evidence to health care settings
to describe in detail different types of research methods and identify the strengths and weaknesses of different study designs.

Programme Structure

Students on the course will:

learn how to design a systematic review research protocol
gain a more detailed understanding of the process involved in conducting a systematic review
develop the skills to conduct, report and update a systematic review
gain a familiarity with basic and advanced techniques for the analysis of quantitative systematic review data: meta-analysis, meta-regression, network meta-analysis, diagnostic meta-analysis, individual patient data meta-analysis
gain an understanding of and reasons for more complex systematic reviews in health care, such as realist reviews, reviews of clinical study reports, prognostic reviews, and meta-synthesis
explore new paradigms in systematic reviews and evidence synthesis
gain sufficient training to conduct systematic reviews independently.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-03-01 00:00:00

More details

Applications may remain open after this deadline if places are still available.

Language

English

IELTS

7.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

110

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Blended

Disciplines

Public Health Health Sciences View 1103 other Masters in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

110

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Other requirements

General requirements

a first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in any subject.
Successful completion of a professional training course or professional work experience in the health service or a health-related field may also be considered.
For applicants with a degree from the USA, the minimum GPA normally sought is 3.6 out of 4.0.
If your degree is not from the UK or another country specified above, visit our International Qualifications page for guidance on the qualifications and grades that would usually be considered to meet the University’s minimum entry requirements.

Tuition Fee

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International

9020 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9020 GBP per year during 24 months.
National

9020 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9020 GBP per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Oxford

939 - 1530 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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