MED4301 · Medical science honours research skills

Overview

This unit aims to develop the two most common skills that are required for the communication of medical research proposals and medical research findings. You will develop your written communication skills by writing a review of the literature review developing a strong justification for their aim and hypothesis. You will develop your oral communication skills by giving an oral presentation and answering questions on their research proposal, early in the Honours year.

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

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

Learning outcomes

1. Review and evaluate the clinical and scientific literature relevant to the field of research.
2. Synthesise the relevant literature in relation to the research question.
3. Refine a research question grounded in the critical review of the literature.
4. Devise appropriate research methodology to address the research question.
5. Justify the proposed methodology in relation to the research question.
6. Communicate the critical arguments in the literature in relation to the research question and the proposed methodology to a wider professional audience.

Workload

Average weekly workload of 12 hours per week comprised of library searches, reading, preparation of presentations and writing the literature review. You will interact with and seek feedback from your supervisor about the overall structure of the presentation and written literature review but you will largely be self-directed. Please note: The teaching dates for this unit may vary from the standard teaching dates for this teaching period. Unit discontinuation and penalty dates for these units may be different to other units taught in the same teaching period. Please refer to the information available on the Faculty's non-standard teaching dates page to avoid academic and financial penalties.

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