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MEDS28002 Clinically Applied Research and Scholarship

Clinically Applied Research and Scholarship

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General Information

Overview

Integrating evidence-based practice with clinical expertise to solve research problems improves patient outcomes. This postgraduate unit will allow you to apply scientific research skills to a clinical problem, formulate a clinical question, gain knowledge of the skills required to undertake critical inquiry, and interpret data and research findings to inform your practice. You will practice research using scientific rigour whilst applying ethical principles of research.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate

Unit Level: Level 8

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 8

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites: Enrolment into CG91 Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography AND completion of 120 credit points OR CV69 Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology/Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography AND completion of 120 credit points

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).