10 credits

An Introduction to Applied Multilevel Analysis

This module aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to facilitate multilevel analysis of data by means of lectures and hands-on analysis of data from real studies, using the statistical software package STATA. The module covers multilevel modelling for the following types of response data: continuous, binary, count and time-to-event data. It also covers Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials.  

Applied Biostatistics

This module provides a basic understanding of, and skills in, descriptive and inferential statistics. You will be able to describe data and carry out simple inferential estimation and testing, using the statistical software package SPSS.

Biostatistics in Research Practice

This module follows from Applied Biostatistics. You will be guided through practical statistical analysis using parametric and non-parametric techniques by means of lectures and hands-on analysis of data from health-related studies using the statistical software packages STATA and SPSS. These techniques include multiple, logistic and Cox regression and Bootstrapping. We pay special attention to the conditions under which techniques may or not may be applied.

Cancer Epidemiology and Biology

This module uses an integrated approach to the understanding of the principles and methods used in cancer epidemiology. You will learn about the major causes of cancer and how to interpret epidemiological observations in the light of the biological processes involved in cancer initiation and progression.

Clinical Biostatistics

In this module you will focus on the interpretation and correctness of statistics in published healthcare research. The module covers statistical techniques from frequency distributions through t and chi-squared methods to multiple, logistic, and Cox regression. We concentrate on critical reading of the health care literature.

Decision Making and Judgement in Healthcare

One in ten patients suffers some kind of adverse event as a result of consuming healthcare - this module is how to avoid compounding this statistic by learning about how to make better clinical decisions and judgements.  It aims to encourage you to understand the theory and practice of decision making and clinical judgement in healthcare.  You will visit the major theories describing, explaining and predicting clinical decisions and judgements by "landmark" research studies of how doctors, nurses and others make choices and evaluate clinical, social and research information.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations. In this module we introduce you to the calculation of epidemiological measures, features of study design, and issues related to the validity of epidemiological studies.

Global Public Health

This module provides an introduction to a range of public health problems that have a major impact on health worldwide. In it you will examine the social, environmental and political factors that influence public health, with a global focus rather than restricted to the relatively narrow concerns of a single population or health system.

Health Economics

This module introduces the discipline of economics and its applications into health services research. The main focus is on economic evaluation techniques but we provide a brief overview of other areas of health economics.

Health Policy - Principles, Practice and the Evidence Base

In this module you will apply scientific methods to health policy, focusing on quantitative evaluation of various historic and current health policy interventions, in the UK and other health care systems. The principles of health care delivery and reform will be discussed, and a brief introductory history of the NHS will be described.

International Health

In this module you will explore major issues in public health, with an emphasis on the most important causes of disease world wide. Aspects of the biology, epidemiology and prevention of both chronic and communicable diseases will be covered. This module covers many of the major chronic disease and parasitic infections. If taken as part of the MSc in Health Sciences (International Health), then you must also attend the International Health module 2, which primarily covers issues relating to global burden of major infectious diseases.

International Health and Health Policy

This module will explore major issues in global public health with an emphasis on the most important causes of disease world wide. Aspects of the biology, epidemiology and prevention of both chronic and communicable diseases will be covered. This module covers many of the major infectious diseases and vaccinology. If taken as part of the MSc in Health Sciences (International Health) then you must also attend the International Health module 1, which primarily covers issues relating to global burden of chronic diseases and parasitic infections.

Introducing Research Implementation and Knowledge Transfer in Health Services

This module aims to introduce students to the central ideas,theories and techniques of research implementation, quality improvement and knowledge management. On completion of the module students should be able to appreciate the need for research implementation as a means of improving healthcare processes and outcomes and understand the major underpinning theories and current evidence base for, “what works”.

Measurement in Health and Disease

This module covers the research methods involved in the study, development, validation, and use of  measurement methods applied in healthcare.  The topics covered include measurement error, observer variation, agreement between different methods of measurement, the
construction of composite measurement scales, validation and types of validity, the use of measurements in diagnosis and surveillance. This includes properties of diagnostic tests, reference ranges and centile charts, and  the use  of measurements in research, including improving response and quality adjusted life years.  The course can be undertaken by distance learning except for the examination.

Public Health Information in Practice

This module will help you to identify the sources and uses of data about a population’s health status and health and social care needs. The module will increase your ability to use these data appropriately to define public health priorities and inform decision making.

Public Health and Ethics

This module will address the ethical aspects of public health provision, introducing you to ethical theory and frameworks. You will explore the ethical issues general to public health provision, and pursue contemporary ethical dilemmas through case studies.

Qualitative Methods Applied to Health Research

This module, by focusing on the philosophical origins of qualitative research and its appropriateness in answering different types of research questions, offers a framework in which to assess validity and credibility in qualitative research design. There is a particular emphasis on using reflexive understanding as a means of generating theoretically informed and practically grounded qualitative research.

Randomised Controlled Trials

In this module we introduce you to experimental and quasi-experimental methods of evaluation. This includes the advantages and disadvantages of different trial designs. You will gain experience of designing your own randomised trial.  

Systematic Reviews

High quality health care implies practice that is consistent with the best evidence. Systematic review refers to a process of assembling, critically appraising, and synthesising the results of primary investigations, in order to evaluate and interpret all available evidence relevant to a particular scientific question. In this module you will learn how to conduct and appraise systematic reviews.

20 credits

Children and Young Persons Diabetes Care

A multi-disciplinary masters level module for practitioners working with children and young people with diabetes. It is a progressive module, embracing advanced clinical practice and the latest technology. The aim is to enhance decision making and problem solving skills in diabetes care. You will also explore the tensions and barriers to implementing new clinical approaches and develop an appreciation of phychological health in diabetes care during childhood and young persons diabetes care. This has been designed with the active involvement and collaboration of multi-disciplinary health care professionals from Leeds and York.

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Health and Illness in Society

The module explores how people interpret and respond to health, illness and disability, within the context of their social relationships and across the life course; alongside offering an understanding of the process and delivery of healthcare policy and practice.  Using various sociological and psychological approaches, applied to specific and practically orientated case studies, the module will help you understand the psychosocial influences on health and illness.

Research Methods

In this module you will learn the basic principles and practice of a range of research designs used in health and social sciences. You will be able to identify the most appropriate designs for different research questions, design a study to answer a specific research question, plan and analyse sample data, and critically appraise the work of others. This module is the foundation for more in-depth modules later in the course.

40 credits

Non-Medical Prescribers: Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (V300)

Our course follows a national curriculum laid down by the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and The Health Professionals Council.  Sujbects covered included consultation skills, pharmacology, ethics and accountability, evidence based prescribing, influences on prescribing decisions, and prescribing in a team context.

Further details can be found by viewing the undergraduate module (Level 6).