EPM5031 · Health data analytics project

Overview

This unit will involve you completing a practical project concerning a real-life health data analytics research problem. You will be supervised by an analytics expert and guided through the design, formulation of an analysis plan, conduct and oral and written reporting of the results of the project. This will enable opportunities for synthesising and applying the skills in the Master of Health Data Analytics coursework. Note: Enrolment into this unit is by invitation from the Course Coordinator.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

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

Learning outcomes

1. Critically appraise relevant research literature for developing a solution to a particular health data analytics problem
2. Identify the core health data analytics principles in health research relevant to the project
3. Implement the necessary techniques to summarise and analyse the project data to answer the research question
4. Communicate results arising from health data analyses to scientific and lay audiences across digital, written and audio modalities

Workload

Twelve hours per week, consisting of (on average): • 2 hours per week for reading relevant research material • 9 hours per week working on the health data analytics (i.e. data wrangling, analysis, report writing) • 1-hour face-to-face or zoom meetings with the project supervisor No residential component is required.

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