Postgraduate - UnitCRH5032 - Applied research for health practitioners

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 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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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Rural Health
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Eleanor Mitchell

Synopsis

Designed to support in the preparation for the independent research project (minor thesis). It contains a theoretical component, but is aimed at teaching practical research skills. Students are taught how to translate their thoughts and interests into a sound research project by undertaking a critical review of the literature, developing a research proposal and preparing an ethics application.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

Communicate an understanding of the use of research as a basis for decision making in the health care policy and clinical arena particularly in its application to health care practice;
Undertake a critical analysis of the research literature in response to the proposed research question;
Develop a research proposal which explains the selection of appropriate research questions, designs and implementation plans within a health or community setting;
Prepare an ethics application which examines the ethical considerations, legislation and guidelines in promoting ethical conduct in research.

Assessment

Literature review (2500 words)(40%)(hurdle)
Research proposal (2500 words)(40%) (hurdle)
Ethics application (1000 words)(20%) (hurdle)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Eleanor Mitchell

Prerequisites

Must have passed CRH5001