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CLM-40190 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

CLM-40190 - Clinical Education Research Project
Coordinator: Dominic Proctor
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 60
Study Hours: 600
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

research methods module

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

In this module you will independently study and have the opportunity to design and undertake an original research project, addressing a novel and important problem in clinical education. You will prepare your research report in a dissertation or in a journal style article suitable for publication in a peer reviewed journal. You will be supported to develop skills in research design, writing for publication, project management, and presenting. This will allow you to disseminate your findings at conferences and as a journal article.

Aims
This module aims to develop students ability to design and undertake an independent research project in clinical education.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically appraise and synthesise appropriate literature in order to identify and refine an appropriate research question: 1
Choose appropriate research methodology to design a rigorous research study: 1
critically analyse ethical issues in the context of clinical education research and achieve ethical approval for a clinical education research project if required for your research study: 1
collect and critically analyse data appropriate to a specified research question: 1
critically discuss the research findings and make recommendations for future research and practice: 1
critically reflect on the challenges encountered in undertaking empirical research or systematic evidence syntheses: 1

Study hours

Supervisor meetings: 30 hours
Independent study inc
undertaking research field work and data analysis: 262 hours
Preparing write up, including literature review, and editing : 300 hours
Presentation of research within the faculty up to 3 hours
Attending faculty research events up to 5 hours

School Rules

Students must have achieved 120 credits at level 7 before commencing. Full time students such as Intercalating medical students will be exempt from this prerequisite.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Dissertation weighted 100%
Research project
Choice of two submission formats Either A 15000 word dissertation with a clinical education focus. Using appropriate formats including literature review, methodology, critical analysis and discussion of key issues and recommendations for improving clinical education practice. Copy of ethical approval will be part of the appendix if applicable OR Portfolio of evidence of preparing an article in the style for publication - Written report in the format of an article for publication, detailing the research findings and a letter to the editor with evidence of ethical approval (if applicable) (5000 words) -60% weighting - Reflection on the research process of producing an article ready for publication (2000 words) - 20% weighting - 20 minute presentation of research findings followed by Q&A - 20% weighting

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025