Date of entry

September 2025

People wearing protective aprons and masks standing around a lab bench, listening to instructions. An exploded skull model is on the bench in the foreground.

Teaching

You will be taught through a combination of:

  • lectures
  • tutorials
  • multimedia demonstrations
  • dry bone workshops
  • anatomy demonstrations
  • clinical and operating theatre attachments
  • hands-on surgery workshops using Thiel-embalmed cadavers

Assessment

You'll be assessed by:

  • exams - these will take the form of multiple choice questions (MCQs), one per semester
  • an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)
  • a thesis. You'll be examined orally on the subject of your thesis by a committee consisting of a convenor, an external and internal examiners.

    You will be required to pass each element to qualify for the award of the degree. There is no resit facility.

Core Modules

These modules are an essential part of your course.

Module code: GM50026 Credits: 60 Semester: Both Semester 1 and 2

You will gain Master's level experience in the design and execution of a substantive laboratory-based or focused research project in Orthopaedic Surgery.

The research projects have a clinical slant.

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