Our Orthopaedic Trauma Science programme will give you a broad critical understanding of the up-to-date science and practice of trauma care, with a focus on orthopaedic and orthoplastic management.
You will develop the knowledge, technical skills, decision-making and professionalism to provide safe and high-quality medical care and deliver a core set of clinical functions in the management of injured patients. You will also learn how to improve patients’ survival and outcomes following traumatic injury, allowing you to meet your local, regional and national needs for managing orthopaedic trauma.
It is open to UK and international graduates from all healthcare and health sciences backgrounds including surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, operating department staff, allied health professionals and those with a specialist interest in orthopaedic trauma education and training. We understand your desire to update your knowledge of orthopaedic trauma while balancing this with your other commitments. Therefore, you will be able to study part-time, online from anywhere in the world.
In London we are at the forefront of trauma care. The MSc is a collaboration between the Barts Centre for Trauma Sciences (C4TS) and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London. C4TS is a world-leading centre of excellence for translational trauma research with partnerships and connections to The Royal London Hospital Major Trauma Centre, the Pan London Major Trauma System and other networks. You will learn from some of the UK’s leading trauma experts from these institutions. Queen Mary University of London is also part of the prestigious Russell Group - a body of leading UK universities dedicated to research and teaching excellence.
Our students often say that the favourite part of the programme is the chance to visit London and experience hands-on training at an optional summer school. The residential summer school takes place at the end of the first year and will give you simulated scenario training to complement your learning. You will gain practical knowledge and experience of decision-making so you can deliver safe, professional core clinical functions in the management of seriously injured patients. You will concentrate on group projects, interactive workshops and training in subspecialty skills and simulation at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Barts Health Academy and The Royal London Hospital Major Trauma Centre.
In your second year of study, you will write a dissertation on a specific area of knowledge. You will be able to choose a topic within your specialism and career aspirations, and will be supervised by and receive guidance from our hugely experienced supervisory academic team. This will allow you to develop your research skills through independent study, while making a contribution to the field of trauma sciences.