Research Staff: this is a collection of modules available at RCSI that could be included in future funding applications.
School of Postgraduate Studies:
- Research Fundamentals:
- Postgraduate Essentials
- Module encompasses computing skills, researcher professional skills development and career development. It also includes are large online component on Research Methods and Information Analysis to facilitate the student to develop their research question and study design.
- Research Ethics and Integrity
- This module aims to inform students of the principles of research ethics and integrity, facilitating research activities to be performed with high standards and good research practice.
- Biostatistics
- Module includes data protection, data management and storage, and statistics packages (STATA and R).
- Critical Analysis, Writing and Communication Skills
- Presentation skills and communicating your research to all audiences. Also includes a seminar series and weekly journal club.
- Postgraduate Essentials
- Additional modules/workshops:
- Python Programming (online)
- Using R in computational biology (online)
- Applied Biomedical Imaging (online)
- Data Management (planned)
- Drug Design and Development (online)
- RCSI Plagiarism Course (online)
HRB Collaborative Doctoral Award call 2017:
Please describe the specific support that will be provided by the Host Institution and other partner institutions/organisations and other facilities and infrastructures involved in the programme. How this programme fits strategically within the Host Institution and in relation to other existing doctoral initiatives within the institutions. The word limit is 300 words.
1. The structural support for PG students at college level (e.g. guidelines for structured Phds etc)
2. The Space available for students
3. The life of the college into which the students will be inserted (e.g. school seminars etc)
4. How the training program fits strategically with the host institution.
5. For group training, The capacity to support students coming together in one institution at different times to carry out program activities.
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Research is one of the key strategic pillars of the RCSI, as defined in the strategy document “Improving Human Health Strategy for Excellence in Translational Research 2014 – 2020”. RCSI have committed to this strategy by investing heavily in research (€50m), with the construction of new laboratories and the recruitment of exceptional researchers as part of the Strategic Academic Recruitment (StAR) Programme.
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