GHS5841 - Research and evidence for practice - 2017

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Susan Lee (Clayton and Peninsula)

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2017 (Day)
  • First semester 2017 (Online)

Peninsula

  • Second semester 2017 (Day)
  • Second semester 2017 (Online)

Notes

  • A Distinction grade (70% or higher) is required for application to progress to minor thesis/research project.
  • Evidence of a breach of the academic integrity policy will preclude progress into the research pathway.Please note, this unit has had the following change/s during 2017: change to unit coordinator and chief examiner. For previous handbook information please contact the Faculty office.

Synopsis

Research is integral to nursing practice. As leaders in clinical practice, education or management, it is essential that Master's-prepared nurses have the skills to effectively consume, produce and apply research knowledge to ensure that practice is based on appropriate and critiqued evidence. This unit will provide students with the theoretical knowledge required to evaluate research evidence for use in clinical practice, education or management, and will prepare students to undertake their own research project.

Outcomes

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

  1. Identify relevant and significant nursing issues for investigation.
  2. Analyse varying understandings of the nature of evidence and the process of evidence-based practice.
  3. Critically analyse various approaches to nursing research.
  4. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies and research designs.
  5. Apply appropriate research methodologies and designs to specific nursing questions.
  6. Identify, apply and defend the use of appropriate strategies for collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data within specific methodological frameworks.
  7. Locate, critically appraise and synthesise research evidence relating to nursing questions.
  8. Analyse the principles of ethical research conduct and discuss their application in practice.
  9. Identify and analyse breaches of academic and research integrity.
  10. Analyse strategies to achieve rigour in specific research methodologies.

Assessment

  • Research portfolio (3,000 words) (20%)
  • Written assignment (5,000 words) (40%) (Hurdle)
  • Open book examination (2 hours) (40%) (Hurdle)

Hurdle requirement: Completion of Academic Integrity Modules and quizzes (score of at least 80%).

Chief examiner(s)

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