MPH5283 · Ethics, good research practice and practical research methods

Overview

This unit will provide you with the practical knowledge required to plan and undertake a clinical research project with close attention to the highest standards of ethics and Good Research Practice. You will also gain detailed knowledge in planning, and organizing your knowledge using methods of clinical research in a written and oral format.

Areas of study: Public health

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. Design clinical research projects in a manner that takes account of common ethical issues and proposes satisfactory solutions to overcome them.
2. Develop an application for approval by an ethics committee and understand the process and requirements of ethical approval.
3. Develop an understanding of the modus operandi of major funding bodies and the manner by which applications for funding are made.
4. Develop an in-depth understanding of the proper management of a clinical research project and the steps needed to ensure maintenance of the highest levels of good clinical research practice.
5. Develop knowledge and appreciation of the main areas of risk involving clinical research and the steps that should be taken to reduce these risks.
6. Develop skills in the presentation of data in oral and written format and appropriate methods for promoting research funding.

Workload

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