units

EPM5025

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
OfferedAlfred Hospital Term 4 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)Dr Liz Bishop

Synopsis

Assignment to a human research ethics committee. Observation of aspects of their functioning, including understanding the different perspectives of the various members of the committee, and the administrative processes involved in running such a committee.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the composition of a human research ethics committee, and the roles of each of the different members;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the practical processes involved in the day-to-day running of a human research ethics committee;
and
  1. critically evaluate the ethical considerations of typical quantitative and qualitative research proposals from the perspective of the different members of a human research ethics committee.

Assessment

Written assignments (60%)
Contribution to online discussion forum (40%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Liz Bishop

Off-campus attendance requirements

Weekly reading as required and contribution to online discussion forum.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/