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MFM5008

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 23 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitDepartment of General Practice
Monash Passport categoryResearch Challenge (Investigate Program)
OfferedClayton First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Notting Hill First semester 2014 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Notting Hill Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)A/Prof Peter Schattner

Synopsis

This unit is a compulsory core unit for the MFM course and is designed to assist students in the development of their research project. It covers such issues as starting a project, measurement, project management, funding a research project, statistical planning, data analysis, collaborative research, and research in general practice.

Outcomes

The overall aim of this unit is to give the participant sufficient practical experience and knowledge to enable them to undertake their own research project. The principle objectives are to give the participant an understanding of and experience in:

  1. Practical issues concerned with research e.g. funding, support and logistic issues;
  2. Technical issues, e.g. the role of computers and statistical analysis;
  3. Management issues, e.g. managing a research team, administering a project;
  4. Conducting a project from the development of an idea to publishing the results. This last objective is in reference to working through several stages of a project which could become the basis of a Master's thesis in the final year of the course.

Assessment

Literature Review (15%), Reliability and Validity Study (10%) Funding Application (20%), Ethics Application (20%), Pilot Study (35%)

Chief examiner(s)

A/Prof Peter Schattner