Primary Health Care MSc/PgDip/PgCert: Online distance learning
Research project
Research project
The research project, worth 60 masters-level credits, is a substantial piece of independent work, culminating in a 6000-8000 word report. You are also assessed on the development of your research project by means of a research protocol. Completing the project will introduce you to the process of designing, conducting, analysing, and reporting a research study. Successful completion of the project is essential to the awarding of the degree.
Students have undertaken a wide range of projects. Recent titles include:
- A service evaluation of the impact of a bilingual pharmacist led medication review service for South Asian diabetic individuals in a general practice (an evaluation)
- Professional and carer perspectives of the challenges of supporting adults with learning disabilities manage diabetes, and the potential value of an educational tool (a qualitative study)
- The relationships between potentially serious drug-drug interactions, polypharmacy and multimorbidity (a quantitative study)
- Consultation length in the context of interpersonal effectiveness (a quantitative study)
- An exploratory study of the views and experiences of primary healthcare professionals working in weight management services in Lanarkshire (a qualitative study)
- A systematic review of physical activity levels of children in urban and rural areas
- A systematic review of the impact of a repeat prescription system in Japan.
For more information please contact primarycare@glasgow.ac.uk
Computer requirements for studying online
Broadband internet connection
- 3 mbps or higher
Internet Browsers
Our online learning platform Moodle is compatible with any standards compliant web browser. This includes:
Desktop:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- Edge
- Internet Explorer
Mobile:
- MobileSafari
- Google Chrome
For the best experience and optimum security, we recommend that you keep your browser up to date.
Javascript needs to be enabled within your browser
Please note: legacy browsers with known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.3 are:
- Internet Explorer 10 and below
- Safari 7 and below
Computer specifications
- Processor: 2GHz
- Operating system (minimum):
- Microsoft Windows Vista service pack 1
- Windows 7
- Mac OS X v10.4.11+
- Memory: 3GB of RAM or more
- Hard disk: 300GB
- Sound card and microphone
- Speakers or headphones
- Monitor and video card with 1024x768 display or higher
Mobile device specifications
- iOS: latest (Apple Safari & Google Chrome)
- Android: 4.4+ with latest Google Chrome
Other software
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Media player e.g. Windows Media Player or VLC
- Word processing software (that outputs to the following file types for marking online: .doc, .docx, .html, .txt, .rft, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .hwp)
- Anti-virus software
Advised hardware / software
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Headset (ideally with a USB connector)
- Webcam