Hi. Welcome to the program in evidence based health care.
My name is Carl Hennigan. I'm director of the Centre for Evidence based Medicine and director of the programs in evidence based Health Care.
This is a joint program between the Department of Continuing Education and the Centre for Evidence based Medicine,
which is housed at the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.
This program is designed for those working in practice from a diverse range of backgrounds.
We've had people who are nurses, we've had doctors, we've had vets who've come on the program.
It's all designed for those to think about how we want to change, practice,
influence, practice, learn more about the methods of evidence based health care.
Each module is designed with a one week resident course here in Oxford and then an online course of eight weeks.
Students come in small groups ranging from 16, sometimes two modules of 24 hour teachers,
brought from a diverse background from the fields of stats, qualitative methods, epidemiology and mixed methods.
We have a range of modules that you can take, and they're all designed for you to become skilled, to deliver change in practice.
You know, we have two compulsory modules which are one is a practice of evidence based medicine, learning how to look at research.
And then second introduction to study, design and research methods.
How am I actually going to do the research?
You then have a whole range of optional modules that you'll be able to discuss with your pre dissertation supervisor to think through.
What are the best modules that will allow me to do a high quality dissertation?
Many of our dissertations then go on to be published there of lead in quality.
That means they're actually thinking about projects in practice, in health care that will change the way health care is seen.
Some of our students actually go on to do a dphil with us. That's an extended course, which can be done while you still remain in your setting.
But I like to say it's the unique atmosphere and experience of Oxford allows
you to mix with people of similar and diverse backgrounds to learn from then,
but to also learn from our tutors and to realise your full potential to take forward your skills into the future.
Many of our students have gone on to have some really high quality careers.
They've used the skills they've learnt here to go forward into their future careers.
I look forward to meeting you at some point in the course. And please let us know if you've got any issues.
Many things calm, Hennigan.