Postgraduate - UnitMAP5001 - Advanced health practice research project

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital First semester 2015 (Off-campus) Berwick First semester 2015 (Day) Berwick First semester 2015 (Off-campus) Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) Clayton First semester 2015 (Off-campus) Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2015 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2015 (Off-campus) Berwick Second semester 2015 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2015 (Off-campus) Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2015 (Off-campus) Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Summer semester A 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital Summer semester A 2015 (Off-campus) Berwick Summer semester A 2015 (Day) Berwick Summer semester A 2015 (Off-campus) Clayton Summer semester A 2015 (Day) Clayton Summer semester A 2015 (Off-campus) Peninsula Summer semester A 2015 (Day) Peninsula Summer semester A 2015 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Summer semester B 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital Summer semester B 2015 (Off-campus) Berwick Summer semester B 2015 (Day) Berwick Summer semester B 2015 (Off-campus) Clayton Summer semester B 2015 (Day) Clayton Summer semester B 2015 (Off-campus) Peninsula Summer semester B 2015 (Day) Peninsula Summer semester B 2015 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	mnhs-student-admin@monash.edu

Notes

Please note that the first point of contact for this unit should be your Course Coordinator in the School or Department in which you are enrolled.

Synopsis

This unit is designed to allow students to implement the research protocol developed in the context of the prerequisite unit Research in Advanced Health Care Practice. Students will develop skills in gathering data, interrogating it using acceptable analytical processes and developing an informed and defensible conclusion. Through an iterative and collaborative intellectual process with their supervisor, students will create a research report which they will communicate in written format to a wider professional audience.

Outcomes

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

Complete the collection of data in accordance with the norms of research informed investigation and the boundaries of any ethics approval.
Organise, analyse and interpret data meaningfully and according to research norms.
Synthesise critical arguments in relation to the existing literature about the topic.
Demonstrate writing skills that meet the academic standards associated with a research informed investigation.
Communicate research findings to a wider professional audience.
Effectively manage time and resources to achieve pre-determined goals.

Assessment

Mid enrolment oral presentation (20 minutes) (20%)
Final report (no less than 8,000 - 12,000 words depending on the academic specialism) (80%)
Documented supervisory meetings (Hurdle)
Mid enrolment progress report (Hurdle)
Draft report (Hurdle)

This unit will be awarded a non-examinable grade of NE if the work forms part of the final minor thesis submission in MAP5002.

Workload requirements

On-campus and Off-campus:
1 hour per fortnight consultation with supervisor either face to face or electronic, 11 hours per week directed research activities which may include on-line tasks (project dependent), 12 hours per week for self-directed study.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Marilyn Baird

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

Nursing, Health professional education

Prerequisites

MAP5000.

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in a postgraduate program in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.