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HSC1061

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Monash Passport categoryResearch Challenge (Investigate Program)
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Dragan Ilic

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the skills necessary to locate, critique the usefulness and quality of, and summarise evidence to provide them with a solid foundation for an evidence-based approach to optimising health and well-being at a population level. Students are guided through skills in searching for and locating evidence. They are introduced to different research methodologies and ways of analysing data to understand various research paradigms. This information is used to critique the available literature. Students will be introduced to both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis; basic descriptive statistics;, measurement concepts; and synthesis and reporting of data.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Describe different sources of evidence in health (e.g. newspaper articles, internet sites, journal publications, etc)
  2. Retrieve and evaluate health information from diverse sources in order to inform and improve the practice of public health
  3. Describe quantitative and qualitative techniques for data collection and basic analysis for reporting data
  4. Recognise issues of cultural context and ethical principles in data collection and interpretation
  5. Summarise and interpret health information
  6. Demonstrate the ability to communicate evidence for health professional audiences.

Assessment

Evidence ranking and summary (750 words) (20%)
Online quiz: Quantitative data test (20 minutes) (5%)
Online quiz: Qualitative data test (20 minutes) (5%)
Project proposal (group presentation) (oral) (20 minutes) (30%)
Written examination (2 hours) (40%)

Hurdle:
Tutorial attendance (80% attendance)
Workshop attendance (80% attendance)

Workload requirements

4 hours per week - (1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial, 1 hour workshop) plus approximately 9 hours of private study.

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Dragan Ilic

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

Health science