About
Postgraduate Taught Courses in Psychiatry
MSc Psychiatry
Academic Year 2011/2012
BACKGROUND
The programme available is the MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry.
The first year of the programme, comprising the MRCPsych Paper 2 and Paper 3, was offered for the last time in September 2010. All students entering the MSc programme in September 2011 are on year 2.
Lecture notes for Years 1 and 2 are contained within this website.
Rationale for the programme
The MSc/PG Diploma in Psychiatry Programme is a University accredited programme which is intended for those trainees in Psychiatry who wish to develop basic knowledge and skills in psychiatric research and have an interest in pursuing a career in academic psychiatry. The taught component of this programme is composed of the MRCPsych Paper 2 and Paper 3 units plus MSc/PG Diploma specific units. In addition, students on the MSc undertake a piece of supervised research leading to a dissertation.
The structure of the programme is outlined below:
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Year 1.
(Offered for the last time in September 2010) |
33.5 days over 1 year covering MRCPsych Paper 2 and Paper 3 course units. |
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Year 2.
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26.5 whole days over 1 year covering specific MSc course units, including research methods.
The third year is used for data collection and writing up of a research dissertation. The Postgraduate Diploma is an exit option only at the end of year 2. |
For full details, aims and objectives of the programme, please follow the link to the course handbook.