No 6229
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Vol cxli No 33
pp. 933–944
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 531)
The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a recommendation from the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine that the Examination in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics for the M.Phil. Degree be replaced by an examination in the subject Clinical Science as both a full-time one-year course and as a two-year part-time course with effect from 1 October 2011.
The special regulations for the examination in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics have accordingly been rescinded with effect from 1 October 2012.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Clinical Science as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree as both a full-time one-year course and as a two-year part-time course with effect from 1 October 2011.
The Board of Graduate Studies are satisfied that suitable arrangements are in place to enable part-time students to have sufficient access to teaching and other resources. The Board are also satisfied that the part-time course is comparable to the full-time version in content, intended learning outcomes, the teaching and other resources available, and forms of assessment. The Council of the School of Clinical Medicine has confirmed that the proposal is consistent with the School’s strategic plans, both in respect of the objectives of the School and in terms of any implications for student numbers.
Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Clinical Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)a thesis not exceeding 15,000 words in length, including footnotes but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine;
(b)two written examinations which may cover all core subjects prescribed in the syllabus.
2. Each candidate shall pursue research training in one of the themes approved from time to time by the Board of Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Degree Committee.1
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls, and on the other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1.
1The following themes have been approved:
(a) Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
(b) Primary Care Research
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 568)
The General Board have approved a recommendation from the Strategic Committee for the Institute of Continuing Education that the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Primary Care Research) and the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Translational Medicine and Therapeutics) be suspended until further notice.