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CLM-40196 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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

CLM-40196 - Research Methods for Clinical Education
Coordinator: Natalie Cope Tel: +44 1782 7 34647
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

N/A

Barred Combinations

Students cannot take the face to face equivalent of this module (PAR-40041)

Description for 2025/26

This module is relevant to healthcare professionals who want to develop an understanding of the principles of research, the appropriate use of methodological approaches, and to understand how selected methods may be applied to researching practice in a healthcare setting. It will also allow you to consider how to report and present research to an audience. The research proposal produced will form the starting point for a Masters research project in clinical education.

Aims
This module will introduce students to the principles of research, the appropriate use of methodological approaches and to enable them to understand how selected methods may be applied to researching and evaluating practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Design a research proposal to answer a focussed question from your own clinical education practice base.: 1,2
Apply appropriate methodology and identify your philosophical position for your study design to answer your research question: 1,2
Justify your design choices in relation to the research literature for data collection and analysis in your research design.: 1,2
Critically evaluate the ethical risks, implications and regulations related to collecting, processing, analysing and securely storing data for your research project: 1,2

Study hours

Asynchronous online structured distance learning activities including 1:1 discussions on research project choice and interactive discussion forums - 40 hrs
Independent learning, including reading around their chosen area of focus, researching ideas for a research question, designing and developing ideas for researching the answer to chosen research questions - 110

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Professional Development weighted 0%
Peer review of a research proposal (500 words)
Each student is required to develop their research proposal and then share it with a peer in the group for peer feedback. The purpose of the assessment is to assist with the development of the research proposals and professional development of the student in providing informed constructive feedback on research methods and design. All students will give and receive feedback to and from a peer.

2: Research Proposal weighted 100%
Design a research proposal
Design a research focused research question from your own area of clinical education and develop a study to answer that question. Place your research study into context with a brief background literature, a reasoned critical analysis of your choice of theoretical perspective and a description of proposed; ethical implications, sampling and recruitment, data collection, analysis and anticipated outcomes - maximum 3500 words, excluding appendices and feedback form from peer review

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Last Updated: 04 December 2025