Leader: Allocated Supervisor

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Clayton Full year 2008 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit forms a compulsory core unit for the MFM course and aims to provide students with the following: demonstrate critical appraisal and organisational skills required of academic general practitioners with respect to research in general practice, carry out independent and collaborative research in general practice at a level expected of a Masters graduate, contribute to body of knowledge of general practice through its literature and publications and ultimately supervise research projects of a nature comparable to those required of Masters graduates.

Objectives

This unit forms a compulsory core unit for the MFM course and aims to provide students with the following:

1. The ability to demonstrate critical appraisal and organisational skills required of academic general practitioners with respect to research in general practice;
2. The ability to carry out independant and collaborative research in general practice at a level expected of a Masters graduate;
3. The ability to contribute to a body of knowledge of general practice through its literature and publications and ultimately supervise research projects of a nature comparable to those required of a Masters graduate.

Assessment

Minor thesis (P/F)