PGC5108 · Clinical research 2

Overview

This unit will enable you to consolidate your skills in performing practice based research. There will be limited didactic lectures with the majority of time allocated to collection of data consistent with the methodology developed in Introduction to clinical research. The research project will be completed in Clinical research 3.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

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

This unit contains one or more competency hurdle assessment tasks that you must successfully complete to be able to pass the unit. You have one attempt, plus an additional assessment capped at 50% of the available marks for the task, to demonstrate your competency in the competency hurdle assessment task. If you fail to meet the hurdle requirement, you will receive a fail grade for the unit regardless of the total marks you achieve.

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. Demonstrate understanding of research ethics as encountered at their practice site and at Monash University by gaining appropriate ethics approval.
2. Locate and, critically evaluate literature sources relevant to the chosen research project and generate a written literature review suitable for academic publication.
3. Collect data according to approved methodology for subsequent analysis.
4. Prepare and deliver an oral presentation about research work in progress to a diverse audience of healthcare personnel and academics.
5. Integrate peer, collaborator and supervisor feedback and critical reflection to refine their research process.
6. Demonstrate time management skills by meeting set deadlines and proactively negotiating adjustments to agreed timelines.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average 10-12 hours of learning activities per week, including teacher directed learning, independent study and reading time, participation in online discussions, research and preparation for assignments.

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