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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.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit examines how evidenced-based practice and quality improvement models are applied in disaster, emergency, or health practice. Students learn how to critically appraise contemporary literature to determine the rigour of the research methods, and to verify the accuracy of the evidence and information provided. Students learn to become consumers of quality research, enabling them to become evidence-informed practitioners. Content focuses on building knowledge of the theories, models and principles evidence-based practice to enable students to identify barriers to, and facilitators of quality evidence, improving their ability to make evidence-based decisions in routine disaster, emergency, or health practice.
Unit was previously coded MMP5101
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students are required to actively participate in online discussion activities during the semester, to share diverse perspectives and build their capabilities in evaluating literature. Students complete an annotated bibliography and literature review, where they analyse current literature related to disaster, emergency, or health practice and apply their critical evaluation skills in realistic ways. Validated research frameworks are used to expand students' knowledge of evidence evaluation in their field of research practice. Online presentations are embedded throughout the learning modules providing students with opportunity to learn from a range of disaster, emergency, or health practice professionals.
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 School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Contemporary approaches discussion | 20% |
| Annotated Bibliography | Disaster, emergency or health practice literature | 30% |
| Essay | Review of disaster, emergency or health practice literature | 50% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Contemporary approaches discussion | 20% |
| Annotated Bibliography | Disaster, emergency or health practice literature | 30% |
| Essay | Review of disaster, emergency or health practice literature | 50% |
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.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
MMP6100|3|1
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.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit examines how evidenced-based practice and quality improvement models are applied in health practice. Students learn how to critically appraise contemporary literature to determine the rigour of the research methods, and to verify the accuracy of the evidence and information provided. Students learn to become consumers of quality research, enabling them to become evidence-informed practitioners. Content focuses on building knowledge of the theories, models and principles evidence-based practice to enable students to identify barriers to, and facilitators of quality evidence, improving their ability to make evidence-based decisions in routine health practice.
Unit was previously coded MMP5101
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students are required to actively participate in online discussion activities during the semester, to share diverse perspectives and build their capabilities in evaluating literature. Students complete an annotated bibliography and literature review, where they analyse current literature related to health practice and apply their critical evaluation skills in realistic ways. Validated research frameworks are used to expand students' knowledge of evidence evaluation in their field of research practice. Online presentations are embedded throughout the learning modules.
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 School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Contemporary approaches discussion | 20% |
| Annotated Bibliography | Health practice literature | 30% |
| Literature Review | Review of health practice literature | 50% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Contemporary approaches discussion | 20% |
| Annotated Bibliography | Health practice literature | 30% |
| Literature Review | Review of health practice literature | 50% |
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.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
MMP6100|4|2