Evidence for Practice 8

Unit code: HMH7902 | Study level: Postgraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
City Campus
Prerequisites
HMH7901 - Evidence for Practice 7
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
HMH7201 - Patient, Practitioner and Health System 8
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
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Overview

This unit, Evidence for Practice 8, provides students the opportunity to draw on their established literature searching skills to conduct a scoping/literature review related to their project topic. Students will complete an ethics application (where appropriate to their project), commence data collection and analysis and prepare a preliminary report. This unit is the second of the three units comprising of the project component of students masters by course work degree.

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Conduct and write up a review/scoping of literature for major project
  2. Apply and appraise project plan by commencing data collection
  3. Analyse project data drawing on relevant statistical processes and/or theoretical frameworks
  4. Reflect on the process of undertaking a major project

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

All three assessment items are hurdle requirements.

Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Group presentation on research project (hurdle)
Assessment type: Report
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Satisfactory research supervisor report on progress of scoping review of literature, ethics application, data collection (hurdle)
Assessment type: Report
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Research project report including timelines, project design, data collection and preliminary data analysis (hurdle)

Required reading

No set texts for this unit. Students will be provided with an up-to-date reading list via the VU Collaborate system.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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