BMS5013 · Research training: Ethics and integrity, biostatistics and critical thinking

Overview

This unit provides training in Experimental design and statistics, Critical thinking, and Research ethics and integrity, to give you the opportunity to develop skills core to the conduct of biomedical research. It will be taught through three intertwined streams (modules) of study: (a) Experimental design and statistics, (b) Critical thinking through analysis and evaluation of seminars of world-class cutting-edge research, and (c) Research ethics and integrity understanding the legal and ethical environment in which research is conducted.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Effectively communicate the basis of designing an experimental model to test a scientific hypothesis from building a hypothesis, to testing the ideas through experimental methods;
2. Describe the different forms of statistical methods and analyses used in biomedical sciences and appraise the appropriate method to be applied to interpret different types of data;
3. Identify and evaluate the different types of research designs used in the biomedical sciences, and justify the use of specific research designs to address specific research questions
4. Analyse the ethical principles that inform the formulation of a scientific research question and the conduct of research to address that question
5. Review and articulate the ethical framework that governs the conduct of science, in particular in regards to academic and research integrity.
6. Analyse and effectively communicate, in written and oral formats, complex research integrity concepts relevant to the conduct of human and animal experimentation.

Workload

• 8 hours teacher-directed learning / week on campus (seminars & workshops) • 6 hours student-directed learning

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.