Monash University Handbook 2011 Undergraduate - Unit

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2011 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Anthony O'Brien and Dr Carole Gilmour

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to encounter a challenging research environment through the interaction of philosophical paradigms and extension of theoretical knowledge and acquisitions of skills to facilitate the undertaking of a research project. The unit will build upon knowledge gained in core undergraduate research units. Students will be allocated a research supervisor to begin formulating research questions and methodology for subsequent study.

Objectives

At the completion of the unit the students will be expected to:

1. evaluate and utilise appropriate philosophical foundations of research;

2. distinguish and critique quantitative and qualitative methodologies;

3. develop and utilise research skills in the following areas:-

a. advanced online searching
b. documentation management
c. data collection methods and analysis;, and

4. begin formulating research question and proposed study.

Assessment

Two pieces of assessment -
Seminar - (Power Point presentation to staff and HDR students regarding the proposed piece of research, including preliminary research questions, and how a research methodology can assist to answer them) 40%

Critique of a research method(s) re answering the proposed research questions, includes literature review (publishable standard) (3,550-4000 words) 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Carole Gilmour

Prerequisites

NUR2001 or NUR1201

Co-requisites

Available to students undertaking Honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing or Honours degree of Bachelor of Midwifery only