Undergraduate - UnitNUR4404 - Clinical honours thesis 4: Analysing and reporting research

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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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2012 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	TBA (Peninsula), Professor Karen Francis (Gippsland) & Supervisors & Dr Lisa McKenna (Midwifery)

Synopsis

The unit provides students with the opportunity to develop appropriate research knowledge and skills as they, with the assistance of a supervisor, analyse and interpret the data collected in Clinical Honours Thesis III. Following this, the research will be written in the form of a literature review and article suitable for publication, and be presented at a research seminar. The clinical/midwifery practice in this unit will allow the student to exit the program at the level of an advanced novice practitioner.

Outcomes

At the completion of the unit the student will be expected to be able to:

Conduct appropriate data analysis and interpretation;
Generate a report on the project, demonstrating critical analysis and discussion of findings in the context of prior research showing due regard to relevant stylistic conventions;
Present research findings in a seminar context;
Demonstrate an ability to manage data collection and analysis;
Work collaboratively with a research supervisor to achieve research milestones;
Write to an appropriate academic standard by incorporating existing research findings and supervisor feedback;
Respond appropriately to realities of research project issues (e.g. ethical and practical issues surrounding confidentiality, data management etc.)
Analyse and present data in a clear, concise and systematic manner;
Identify strengths and limitations in their research design;
Suggest directions for future research in their specialist area; and
Address practicalities of research project management.