Undergraduate - UnitNUR4401 - Clinical honours thesis 1: applied research methods and skills

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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 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2014 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Julia Morphet

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to encounter a challenging research environment through the interaction of philosophical paradigms and extension of theoretical knowledge and acquisitions of skills to facilitate the undertaking of a research project. The unit will build upon knowledge gained in core undergraduate research units. Students will be allocated a research supervisor to begin formulating research questions and methodology for subsequent study.

Outcomes

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

evaluate and utilise appropriate philosophical foundations of research;
distinguish and critique quantitative and qualitative methodologies;
develop and utilise research skills in the following areas:-

a. advanced online searching

b. documentation management

c. data collection methods and analysis; and

begin formulating research question and proposed study.

Assessment

Two pieces of assessment -
Seminar - (Power Point presentation to staff and HDR students regarding the proposed piece of research, including preliminary research questions, and how a research methodology can assist to answer them) 40%

Critique of a research method(s) re answering the proposed research questions, includes literature review (publishable standard) (3,550-4000 words) 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Julia Morphet

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Nursing

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in courses 1249 or 3564.