Overview

This unit exposes students to real-world biomedical science problems and for students to develop and refine the skills necessary to work in the multi-disciplinary health field. Students will work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams on industry-linked projects, by applying their own discipline-specific knowledge acquired in their degree and by using sound research principles.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply discipline specific knowledge to a real-world scenario
  • Design a feasible and innovative solution/outcome in response to a predetermined biomedical science problem/project brief by working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Justify the solution/project outcome by synthesizing a wide-body of biomedical science literature and relevant information
  • Recommend an implementation strategy for this solution/project outcome to a wide biomedical science audience

Teaching methods

All applicable locations

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
Online Lecture 5 5 weeks 1 Online Lecture (asynchronous)
On-campus Class 14 7 weeks 2 tutorial
Specified Activities Various 65 10 weeks 6.5 Group Project Work and Report
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 66 12 weeks 5.5 Individual presentation, Written report preparation, Recommended reading and other activities
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 15  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Presentation Individual  20% 1,2,3
Report Individual  40% 2,3,4
Project Report Group  40% 1,2,3

Content

  • Project management
  • Principles to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Problem-solving
  • Effective use of biomedical science information and data
  • Innovation in biomedical science
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.