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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit introduces you to the construction of empirical knowledge in nursing, midwifery and social sciences. You will examine research paradigms and methodologies related to quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research. From these foundations, you will develop the skills and knowledge required to produce a research proposal, including ethical considerations, methods, data collection, and data analysis.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisite of NURS20173 - Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences Project 1
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
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Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE
The unit worked very well with NURS20167 and NURS20173 to help add to and consolidate information across all units.
Continue to develop the units together to ensure scaffolding of learning.
Feedback from SUTE
NURS10167 and NURS20168 both had very large heavily weighted assignments due very close together, not sure if it's possible but spacing one or the other out would be helpful for students undertaking these two units at the same time.
The timing of the assessment has been changed to avoid student overload.
- Reflect on different research paradigms and their relevance to personal worldviews and professional context
- Construct and justify research question/s and their alignment with qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research design/s
- Propose and justify the research methods for data collection and analysis to answer your research question/s
- Discuss ethical considerations relevant to your research proposal.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Essay - 20% | ||||
2 - Presentation - 30% | ||||
3 - Research Proposal - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Knowledge | ||||
2 - Communication | ||||
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
4 - Research | ||||
5 - Self-management | ||||
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
7 - Leadership | ||||
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Essay - 20% | ||||||||
2 - Presentation - 30% | ||||||||
3 - Research Proposal - 50% |