Course Description
The Master of Surgery (MCh) by module is the first in Ireland to incorporate a taught component in addition to the research dissertation.
Available over one year on a full-time basis or two years part-time, programme modules are designed to equip you with a versatile skill set that will help you better meet the demands of higher surgical training.
The programme greatly benefits medical graduates planning a surgical career in obtaining a higher degree in surgery. This programme can be undertaken before, during or on completion of a structured surgical training programme.
Learning outcomes
This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to:
- Understand the major principles of healthcare ethics and law and their application to a surgical setting.
- Understand the legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in the conduct of human subject clinical research.
- Recognise issues and circumstances in healthcare practice and clinical research that raise potential legal liability.
- Understand the frameworks necessary to analyse and critically evaluate claims based on expert knowledge.
- Develop an idea into a comprehensive research strategy.
- Recognise and manage errors in surgical practice due to human error or medical/surgical devices.
- Understand the medical device design and development process, from concept to commercialisation.
- Comprehend the role of surgery in global health and policymaking in emerging health systems of developing countries.
- Analyse stakeholders and organisational culture within the organisation or service which they work.
Modules
- Research Methods: Protocol Design, Development, and Analysis
- Leading and Managing your Organisation/Service
- Surgery in the Developing World
- Research Dissertation
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Entry requirements
To be considered eligible for the programme, you must:
- Hold the degree of MB/BAO/BCh or equivalent medical degree*.
- Be recognised by the Opens in new windowIrish Medical Council or any other EU medical regulatory registration body.
- Possess good undergraduate and postgraduate records and references.
- Must not be in full-time employment.
*A period of no less than three years must have elapsed from the time you obtained your degrees – not less than two years of which must have been spent in the practice of surgery and surgical science – before you can apply for the MCh.