NUR4403 · Clinical honours thesis 3: Conducting a research project

Overview

The unit provides you with the opportunity to implement the research proposal developed in NUR4402. You will further develop a literature review, finalise ethical approval for their research, and collect, organise and manage the data for the study. With your research supervisors, you will explore a range of issues that can arise during the research process.

Areas of study: Nursing Nursing and midwifery

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. Generate a critical review of the literature and theoretical frameworks relevant to their field of study;
2. Accurately collect, manage and secure data for research activities;
3. Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and privacy issues as they apply to their research proposal;
4. Work collaboratively with a research supervisor to achieve research milestones (e.g. submission of ethics proposal);
5. Finalise the ethics approval process for the project;
6. Respond appropriately to the realities of research project issues including identification of a research site (or sites) and recruitment of participants;
7. Conduct a pilot study (if appropriate) to anticipate and address practical problems that may arise in the course of data collection;
8. Undertake data collection both accurately and ethically;
9. Discuss issues arising during the research process;
10. Demonstrate effective progress towards research plan;
11. Write to an academic standard by incorporating existing research findings and supervisor feedback; and
12. Present research findings in a seminar context.

Workload

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including online activities. Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

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