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Mental Health Science Research Project 1 (PSYT90086)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject is a prerequisite to Mental Health Science Research Project 2. It is intended to develop critical research skills required to conduct research within the mental health field. Students will formulate a research question with relevance to their chosen mental health stream – infant, child, youth, adult, or aged - and design a research proposal, review relevant literature in light of the chosen research method, and submit an ethics application form (where applicable).
Intended learning outcomes
This subject requires students to
- synthesise research skills by choosing methodology appropriate to the chosen field field,
- drawing on disciplinary literature within the field, in order to present justified critical analysis of the literature, and
- to prepare and present an appropriate research proposal.
Generic skills
- Define a research question
- Design a research protocol defining and justifying methods to be used
- Present a research proposal, giving consideration to ethical implications (where applicable)
- Obtain ethics approval (where applicable)
- Review and critically discuss literature directly related to the research question
- Collect and organise data for interpretation according to the defined methods of the research proposal
Last updated: 3 November 2022