Overview

To expose students to specific advanced techniques and knowledge in health sciences research.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Practice extended skills in advanced report writing, technical reviews and oral presentation
  • Demonstrate skills in applying research tools and research methodologies to an example of professional or industry practice

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		11.50 12 weeks 138
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 40% 1,2 
Assignment 2Individual 40% 1,2 
TestIndividual 20% 1,2 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

This will include completion of up to 2 modules that include theory and practical learning in the research areas of interest. These modules can also be the focus one or both of the assignments.

Content

  • Content will vary based upon the student’s individual learning contract
  • This may mean (for example) researching the commercial applications of new technology in the health care industry; or it may mean discovering and documenting the adoption of biomedical instrumentation in a private clinic

Study resources

Reading materials

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