Postgraduate - UnitMPH5231 - Research design and project proposal

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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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2015 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2015 (Day) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2015 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Belinda Gabbe

Synopsis

This unit is designed to allow students to identify a research project in the field of population health or clinical research, confirm an appropriate supervisor, develop the research question and methodology, and commence the project, including obtaining ethics approval if relevant.

Outcomes

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

Describe the theoretical basis behind their topic and research design
Synthesise critical arguments in relation to the existing literature about the topic
Develop appropriate research questions, aims and hypotheses
Demonstrate a collaborative and critical approach to research
Identify the ethical and methodological issues related to the conduct of the proposed research
Successfully complete and receive the necessary ethical and governance approvals for the conduct of their research (if required)
Effectively manage time and resources to achieve pre-determined goals.

Assessment

Confirmation of supervisor (Hurdle)
Project proposal including literature review (Hurdle)
Ethics approval (project dependent) (Hurdle)

Workload requirements

Regular contact and consultation with supervisor either face to face or electronic.
6 hours per week for self-directed study and research related activities.