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Healthcare Research-Principles & Designs (PAED90027)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2017
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This subject will not be offered until 2018
This subject will prepare students for undertaking clinical research within hospital, community and primary health care settings. Students will develop skills in how to design and conduct empirical research in an ethically appropriate manner. Content includes: development of a research question, study design and methodology, and ethical issues in health care research. This subject will be conducted as a mix of weekly seminars and one intensive workshop.
Intended learning outcomes
- Critically analyse literature
- Critically analyse practice
- Develop capacity to undertake independent research
- Appreciate the ethical issues involved in undertaking research with human participants and be familiar with the formal process of ethical review of research
Generic skills
- Develop analytical and critical thinking skills
- Develop skills to plan and undertake a research project
- Effective oral and written communication skills
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Research proposal which includes a 2500 word literature review on a set topic (maximum of 5000 words total), due end of semester – 80%
- Class participation, throughout the semester – 10%
- Class presentation (10 minutes) on student’s research project topic and marked by members of MGC faculty, held in last week of semester – 10%
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2017
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Last updated: 3 November 2022