Undergraduate - UnitNUR4403 - Clinical honours thesis 3: conducting a research project

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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
Organisational Unit	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Offered	Berwick First semester 2013 (Day) Clayton First semester 2013 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2013 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2013 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2013 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2013 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Julia Morphet

Synopsis

The unit provides students with the opportunity to implement the research proposal developed in NUR4402. Students will further develop a literature review, finalise ethical approval for their research, and collect, organise and manage the data for the study. With their research supervisors, students will explore a range of issues that can arise during the research process

Outcomes

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

generate a critical review of the literature and theoretical frameworks relevant to their field of study;

accurately collect, manage and secure data for research activities;
demonstrate an awareness of ethical and privacy issues as they apply to their research proposal;
work collaboratively with a research supervisor to achieve research milestones (e.g. submission of ethics proposal);
finalise the ethics approval process for the project;
respond appropriately to the realities of research project issues including identification of a research site (or sites) and recruitment of participants;
conduct a pilot study (if appropriate) to anticipate and address practical problems that may arise in the course of data collection;
undertake data collection both accurately and ethically;
discuss issues arising during the research process;
demonstrate effective progress towards research plan;
write to an academic standard by incorporating existing research findings and supervisor feedback; and,
present research findings in a seminar context