BMS5008 - Research project and thesis - 2018

This unit is the research project component of the Master of Biomedical and Health Sciences.

The Masters course provides rigorous training and preparation for research. Students will have undertaken rigorous advanced preparatory training prior to commencing this research project unit.

Students will undertake a supervised research project involving research of a publishable standard which forms the basis of a thesis presented at the end of the project period.

In this unit students will present seminars on their research and are trained in advanced scientific techniques. Students also take part in an oral review of the thesis report.

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

1. Critically review the scientific literature in their discipline;
2. Identify the processes involved in the design, development and implementation of a research project;
3. Design, execute and analyse an appropriate set of studies;
4. Perform the variety of scientific procedures and techniques essential to the satisfactory completion and reporting of their specific research project;
5. Proficiently acquire skills in data collection using computers or high-end biomedical devices
6. Competently acquire the critical thinking and reasoning to analyse data from computers or high-end biomedical devices
7. Critically evaluate, using appropriate statistical analyses, data from a scientific project to deduce appropriate interpretations
8. Investigate, evaluate and select appropriate graphical and other formats for presentation of data
9. Effectively communicate research outcomes in verbal and written form using appropriate tools to a scientific audience, including writing up scientific work in a potentially publishable way;
10. Assemble from the breadth and diversity of the biomedical sciences thoughtful reasonings and interpretations of research findings to formulate a discussion

• Literature review (4000 words) (10%)
• Seminar 1 (15 min (10 min presentation + 5 min questions) (Ungraded - S or NS)
• Seminar 2 (10%)
• Thesis (10,000 - 15,000 words) (Hurdle)

On-campus: 36 hours per week in a research lab.

Please note: The teaching dates for this unit vary from the standard teaching datesstandard teaching dates (http://www.monash.edu/enrolments/dates/census) for this teaching period.

Unit discontinuation and penalty dates for these units are different to other units taught in the same teaching period.

Please refer to the information available on the Faculty's non-standard teaching datesFaculty's non-standard teaching dates (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/enrolments/non-standard-dates.html) page to avoid academic and financial penaltiesacademic and financial penalties (http://www.monash.edu/enrolments/processes/change/add-or-discontinue-units#penalties).

See also Unit timetable information

Biomedical science