Curriculum
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The LKCMedicine PhD by Research Programme is designed to train and equip students with the technical and analytical skills essential to address the School’s key research in Cardiorespiratory & Metabolic Health, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience & Mental Health, Population Health & Health Services Research, Systems Biology, Medical Education Research, Regenerative Medicine & Developmental Biology, Health Technologies and Nanomedicine and Bioengineering. Students receive broad exposure to a wide range of expertise within the School and NTU before specialising in their chosen research area.
LKCMedicine PhD students must undertake the following:
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Courses offered to LKCMedicine PhD Students
Following are the curriculum requirements for clinician and non-clinician PhD students:
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Students will be assessed on the following during Year 1:
- Performance in in-course assessment and/or written examinations of the courses conducted at the end of each semester
- Quality of written reports and presentations of the lab rotation projects. Results (if any) of each mini-project should be written in the form of a scientific paper (1 to 2-page), for evaluation at the PhD Qualifying Examination in due course
- Quality of written reports (1000 to 1500 words) of the Global Health and Clinical Awareness attachments
*The selection of the lab rotations will be guided by the student's preferred PhD research focus and in consulation with his/her supervisor. The rotations are meant to broaden the student's exposure to research within the School at an early stage of their training.
- Attendance at Research Seminars
- Commence main research project and choose one of the following Pathways:
- Attendance at Research Seminars
- Students on all three pathways complete their main project at LKCMedicine and prepare their thesis for submission
- The PhD Thesis Examination consists of thesis, thesis defence in the form of an open seminar followed by a closed viva voce examination