MD Doctor Of Medicine

Based in the School of Medicine, successful completion of this two year, full-time or four year, part-time postgraduate research degree will enable you to complete a doctoral level research degree.The revised full-time degree programme has been aligned more effectively with the three-year timeframe available to you as a clinician during your training, to conduct “out of programme” research. This provides candidates with a structure that supports and facilitates completion of the research project and the writing of the doctoral thesis for examination within this timeframe.The part-time variant is offered for eligible applicants who wish to study for a doctoral level research degree over a longer period and are able to study part-time over a period of four years.Our training programme offers the opportunity to conduct your research, supported by research active academics whose expertise will support you. Your research will be conducted within a training pathway designed to develop you as a researcher through a programme of Personal and Professional Development Training. The training pathway, which is based around the Researcher Development Framework, contains a mixture of mandatory and bespoke training, offering you the opportunity to supplement your existing skills.

The Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme is typically for hospital clinicians undertaking research that is associated with their employment. Candidates should have been employed for at least two years in an appropriate clinical or scientific position. A qualification which is recognised for registration by the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom should have been held for at least three years at the time of submission of the thesis or body of published work. It is expected that candidates are either a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) graduate of either this University or a graduate of another approved university holding an appointment or an honorary appointment within a health or social care facility that has established research or teaching links with University of East Anglia (UEA).