Postgraduate - UnitMPH5232 - Research conduct, analysis, write-up and submission

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 is the final unit of two units designed to allow students to complete the conduct and write-up of a research project in the field of population health or clinical research. In this unit, students will complete the research project described in the research proposal developed in MPH5231. Students will interrogate data using acceptable analytical processes, and write-up the research project in a format and style suitable for publication in an academic setting.

Outcomes

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

Demonstrate their ability to manage data collection and/or analysis
Work collaboratively with a research supervisor to achieve research milestones
Write to an appropriate academic standard by incorporating existing research findings and supervisor feedback
Analyse and present data in a clear, concise and systematic manner
Recognise the strengths and limitations of their research design
Understand, and experience, the practicalities of research project management
Suggest directions for future research in their specialist area
Demonstrate the capacity to write in a format and style appropriate for an academic audience of academic publication.

Assessment

Completion and submission of project report (7,000 - 8,000 words) (100%)

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.