Postgraduate - UnitMFM4016 - Introduction to research methods

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12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of General Practice
Offered	Clayton First semester 2013 (Off-campus) Clayton Second semester 2013 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Michal Schneider-Kolsky

Synopsis

This is a compulsory core unit for the Master of Medical Ultrasound course. Students are expected to explore the following areas; introduction to methodology, scope and nature of research in medical imaging, study designs, qualitative versus quantitative research, descriptive, observational and experimental studies, getting started, including literature surveys, critical appraisal of journal articles, research protocols, descriptive and inferential statistics, data analysis, questionnaire construction and survey techniques and writing papers and giving presentations on research.

Outcomes

On completion of the unit students should be able to:

Understand the nature and scope of research in Medical Ultrasound;
Understand and be able to implement the methods using in answering questions that arise out of Medical Ultrasound;
Critically appraise the medical literature;
Develop an enthusiasm for doing individual research;
Gain some practical experience in doing research projects.

Assessment

1 x 3000 word Qualitative research project assignment: 20%
1 x 2000 word Critical appraisal assignment: 15%
1 x 2000 word Research protocol assignment: 15%
1 x Statistics assignment: 10%
1 x 4000 word Questionnaire survey assignment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Michal Schneider-Kolsky

Prerequisites

Completion of the Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound or equivalent