Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	History of Medicine Research Project Design
School	Institute of Clinical Sciences
Department	Birmingham Medical School
Module Code	02 22970
Module Lead	Dr Jonathan Reinarz
Level	Honours Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
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Restrictions	Year 2, 3 or 4 MBChB or BDS students or equivalent from UoB or other institutions.
Contact Hours	Lecture-2 hours Seminar-2 hours Tutorial-2 hours Project supervision-2 hours Demonstration-2 hours External Visits-8 hours Work based learning-40 hours Guided independent study-242 hours Total: 300 hours
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Description	This module will enable students to demonstrate dissemination skills now commonly used within the discipline via poster and oral presentation, as recently recommended by the BMedSc School Quality Review process.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student should be able to: Devise a research question Locate archives and research collections relevant to a clearly defined research project Identify and develop a research idea into a clearly defined research project Write up a clear and concise research proposal Present a research proposal, identifying the key research questions, situate the topic in a clearly defined context as defined by secondary sources and identify a wide variety of relevant archives and resources to support the research Design and arrange a poster which effectively conveys the research topic to a diverse audience Distinguish, assess and justify a successful poster from an unsuccessful one
Assessment	22970-01 : module mark : Mixed (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment is 1 x oral presentation of research proposal (50% weighting) and 1 x poster presentation (50% weighting) Reassessment: This module belongs to a programme that is considered to be equivalent to the final year of a three-year degree programme in regards to assessment. No opportunity for resubmission is available.
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