Curriculum Information

The Capstone Project: Applied Clinical Inquiry is the culminating module of the MSc Internal Medicine, through which students bring together the clinical knowledge, critical appraisal skills, and professional reasoning developed across the preceding ten modules into a single, independently produced piece of scholarly work. 

The module challenges students to identify a genuine clinical question from their own practice, engage rigorously with the evidence base, and produce an output of real professional value, choosing from four formats: a Quality Improvement Protocol, an Evidence-Based Grand Round, a Conference Poster with Critical Rationale, or a Critical Appraisal of a Clinical Guideline or Systematic Review. 

The capstone directly addresses the programme's core aim of developing independent scholarly inquiry: rather than applying knowledge within a structured module framework, students direct their own inquiry, defend their own evidence-informed conclusions, and produce work that is applicable within their clinical environment. Whether students’ outputs contribute to service improvement, professional development, or clinical practice, the Applied Clinical Inquiry is designed to leave them not only as more knowledgeable clinicians but as  more analytically rigorous, reflective, and professionally confident.