Postgraduate - UnitPGC5009 - Clinical research 3

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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3 points, SCA Band 2, 0.0625 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Offered	Parkville Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Mr John Coutsouvelis

Notes

Previously coded PGC6009
For postgraduate coursework pharmacy discontinuation dates, please see http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au/students/pg-coursework/unit-discontinuation-dates.html

Quota applies

This unit is quota restricted. Selection is on a first-in, first enrolled basis. For more information please contact the faculty at http://monash.edu/pharm/future/contact/

Synopsis

This unit is a natural progression from PGC5008 and will allow students to further consolidate their research skills. Emphasis is on data analysis, drawing conclusions from the research, and development of the final research report. The final report will involve a verbal presentation of the entire project, and submission of a written report.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit the participant will be able to:

Analyse data in a manner appropriate to the chosen study design and results obtained.
Draw conclusions from the results obtained.
Present a verbal report of the research undertaken.
Submit a written report of their research project.
Demonstrate an appropriate level of maturity and independence in performing practice based research.

Assessment

Class presentation of research project (20 minute): 30% (hurdle)
Written submission of research project: 50% (hurdle)
Monash supervisor mark: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr John Coutsouvelis

Workload requirements

Students are expected to allow 3-6 hours per week over the semester in study time.

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

Clinical pharmacy
Wound care

Prerequisites

PGC5007 (PGC6007, VCG6013), PGC5008 (PGC6008, VCG6021)

Prohibitions

PGC6009 (VCG6023), PGW6128 (VCW1128)