School: Medical and Health Sciences
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Health Research MethodologyUnit Code
HST2122Year
2017Enrolment Period
1Version
2Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
OnlineUnit Coordinator
Dr Dianne HAWK
Description
This unit aims to develop students as critical consumers of published research. Students will gain knowledge of the main steps in the research process and of the range of research strategies and methods utilised by contemporary researchers. Students will also develop information-finding and critical thinking skills that will enable them to apply this research knowledge in order to assess the quality and applicability of research reports. This unit prepares students to utilise research as evidence in their professional practices.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Describe the steps in a formal research process.
- Explain the uses for quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods strategies in researching health topics.
- Demonstrate library research skills to access original research resources.
- Plan a literature review on a health research topic.
- Identify computer software appropriate for use in health research.
- Justify the principles and practices of ethical research, particularly in relation to working with sensitive topics and/or at-risk populations.
- Interpret research data.
- Critically evaluate the scientific merit and applicability of reported research studies.
Unit Content
- Using research to inform professional practice
- Critical study interpretation and application
- Formalised curiosity: The research process
- Understanding different types of study strategies and designs: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods
- Consuming research: Critiquing research reports for scientific merit and applicability
- Critiquing the aim, questions and literature review
- Critiquing study strategy and design
- Critiquing study methods for identifying participants, collecting data and analysing data
- Critiquing for ethical principles and practices
- Critiquing study results
Additional Learning Experience Information
On Campus students:Lectures, audio visual materials, case studies, small group activities, discussions and online resources. Off Campus students:E-learning, self-study exercises, peer review exercises. This unit engages students in the exploration of contemporary social health issues through the process of learning how to find and appraise research as part of evidence-based decision-making.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Test | On-line test | 20% |
| Report | Research Critique | 40% |
| Examination ^ | Final Examination * | 40% |
ONLINE| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Test | On-line test | 20% |
| Report | Research Critique | 40% |
| Examination ^ | Final Examination * | 40% |
| | 0% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| | 0% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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School: Medical and Health Sciences
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Health Research MethodologyUnit Code
HST2122Year
2017Enrolment Period
2Version
2Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
OnlineUnit Coordinator
Dr Dianne HAWK
Description
This unit aims to develop students as critical consumers of published research. Students will gain knowledge of the main steps in the research process and of the range of research strategies and methods utilised by contemporary researchers. Students will also develop information-finding and critical thinking skills that will enable them to apply this research knowledge in order to assess the quality and applicability of research reports. This unit prepares students to utilise research as evidence in their professional practices.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Describe the steps in a formal research process.
- Explain the uses for quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods strategies in researching health topics.
- Demonstrate library research skills to access original research resources.
- Plan a literature review on a health research topic.
- Identify computer software appropriate for use in health research.
- Justify the principles and practices of ethical research, particularly in relation to working with sensitive topics and/or at-risk populations.
- Interpret research data.
- Critically evaluate the scientific merit and applicability of reported research studies.
Unit Content
- Using research to inform professional practice
- Critical study interpretation and application
- Formalised curiosity: The research process
- Understanding different types of study strategies and designs: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods
- Consuming research: Critiquing research reports for scientific merit and applicability
- Critiquing the aim, questions and literature review
- Critiquing study strategy and design
- Critiquing study methods for identifying participants, collecting data and analysing data
- Critiquing for ethical principles and practices
- Critiquing study results
Additional Learning Experience Information
On Campus students:Lectures, audio visual materials, case studies, small group activities, discussions and online resources. Off Campus students:E-learning, self-study exercises, peer review exercises. This unit engages students in the exploration of contemporary social health issues through the process of learning how to find and appraise research as part of evidence-based decision-making.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Test | On-line test | 20% |
| Report | Research Critique | 40% |
| Examination ^ | Final Examination * | 40% |
ONLINE| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Test | On-line test | 20% |
| Report | Research Critique | 40% |
| Examination ^ | Final Examination * | 40% |
| | 0% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| | 0% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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