In this module you will explore how learning health systems, driven by patient-centred data, can be used to overcome the shortcomings of existing frameworks of...

The Neonatal Intensive Care module aims to enhance students’ knowledge base and critical appraisal skills to improve their care of critically ill and...

The Neonatal Intensive Care module aims to enhance students’ knowledge base and critical appraisal skills to improve their care of critically ill and preterm neonates. It is aimed at those who will be working in both Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Local Neonatal Units.

Students will receive 5 days of face to face lectures/seminars and will be expected to supplement their learning through self-directed study. Assessment will be via a literature-researched, Critically Appraised Topic: students will be evaluated on their written submission and an oral presentation reviewed by their peer group.

Specific Module Content has been developed to align with the RCPCH Curriculum for Level 3 Training and the Special Interest Module in Neonatal Medicine.  It aims to achieve a balance between core principles of management/physiology and current controversies/research in the following areas:

• Ventilation strategies for term and preterm infants

• Management options for PDA

• Inotropic support

• Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC): prevention and management

• Surgical conditions affecting the GI tract 

• Parenteral nutrition: indications and complications

• Neonatal encephalopathy and neuroprotection

• Preterm brain injury

• Long term outcomes of Neonatal Care

• Fetal medicine: the role of the Neonatologist 

• Ethical dilemmas in the Neonatal Unit

• Human factors and crisis resource management in neonatal resuscitation

Summary 



The research project dissertation is a substantive piece of work over 10,000 words. This provides an opportunity to put all of your module-based...

Summary 



The research project dissertation is a substantive piece of work over 10,000 words. This provides an opportunity to put all of your module-based learning from the course into action by undertaking worthwhile primary research (or in rare circumstances to conduct a systematic review). We encourage high quality projects that can be published in high impact journals. Around 15-20% of our students go on to a higher degree such as an MD or PhD. 



Learning Objectives and Outcomes 



By taking this module, you will be able to: 

Identify a research question of interest 
 Critically assess the background literature 
 Design a research study (with help from primary and secondary supervisors) 
 Collect and analyse the data 
 Write it up in your dissertations, abstracts and original articles 
 Who is this module for? 



This is compulsory for all MSc students for all pathways.



Teaching and Learning Methods 



Teaching and learning will be through one-to-one discussions with allocated supervisor(s) and self-directed learning. 



Assessment 



You will be assessed by a dissertation (10,000 words). 



Selected Reading List 



Organizing and Managing your Research; a practical guide for postgraduates. Renata Phelps, Kath Fisher and Alan Ellis 2007 : SAGE Publications.



‘Critical Reading: Making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine’; Ben Yudkin 2006: Routledge.



‘How to write and illustrate a scientific paper’; Bjorn Gustavii 2003: Cambridge University Press.



‘Data Analysis and Presentation Skills’; Jackie Willis 2004: Wiley.