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MFM2001

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

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Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit

24 points, SCA Band 3, 0.500 EFTSL

LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
OfferedClayton Second semester 2010 (Off-campus)
Clayton Full year 2010 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)Allocated Supervisor

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)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Leon Piterman