Overview
It is imperative that clinicians adopt a questioning, critical, and evidence-based approach to clinical practice to ensure high-quality, safe, and effective care for the community. In this unit you will learn how to apply an acceptable framework to develop an evidence-based question, utilise learnt strategies to conduct a scoping or systematic review and to evaluate, synthesise and communicate research applicable to critical care through the use of scoping or systematic review processes.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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 1 - 2022
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Apply an acceptable framework to develop an evidence-based question
- Utilise learnt strategies to conduct a scoping or systematic review
- Evaluate, synthesise and communicate research applicable to critical care through the use of scoping or systematic review processes.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 10% | |||
| 3 - Literature Review or Systematic Review - 65% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 10% | ||||||||
| 3 - Literature Review or Systematic Review - 65% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
n.williams-claassen@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Evidence-Based Practice
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Review/Clinical Question
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Forum Post
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Searches
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Frameworks. Protocols
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Extracting Data
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Extracting and Presenting the Data
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Extracting and Presenting the Data
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Writing a summary
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Writing an abstract and conclusion
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Implications for Practice
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Preparing Submission
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1 Written Assessment
In this assessment, you will be required to write a draft of your scoping review project. The draft will provide you with the opportunity to gain feedback and have a detailed plan of the project’s methodology. this allows you as the researcher to clarify and organise your thoughts for the project moving forward.
It includes the background (a brief literature review), to critique the literature and identify knowledge gaps, the objectives and review question/aim, and a draft of your scoping review protocol. This review should be relevant to paramedicine and critical care.
The word limit is 1500 words ±10% ( this excludes references and the full-text articles (the full-text articles will be uploaded separately).
The content of the draft will include:
-Proposed title (max 15 words).
-Keywords (3-5).
-Background. This will include an outline of the background to your research and how your reading of these articles has established the need for further research. The literature should also help to inform your objectives, review question, and methodology.
-Objectives and review question/aim
-Methodology – search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and study screening and selection.
-References
-Upload at least 3-5 relevant full-text articles
You will also need to briefly consider your data extraction method.
Week 5 Friday (8 Apr 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 6 Friday (22 Apr 2022)
The written assessment will be assessed in accordance with the rubric and information provided on the unit’s Moodle page.
The following criteria are key points to be included:
• The written assessment should be presented in an essay format.
• The written assessment must address each of the main topic tasks as detailed in the task description.
• Avoid superficial points or comments and be clear and concise.
• As this is a written assessment, you must include in-text referencing and a reference list.
There is a minimum word count of 1500 words (+/- 10%).
This written assessment is worth 25% of your overall unit mark.
- Apply an acceptable framework to develop an evidence-based question
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Reflective Practice Assignment
You will join the discussion forums in Moodle to discuss and reflect on topics relevant to developing a scoping review or systematic review.
Every second week from Week 2 a discussion topic will be posted on the unit's Moodle site.
Your task is to participate in each of the discussions that are generated in Weeks 2 to 10 (weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10) inclusive.
These comments should demonstrate your understanding of the weekly discussion topic, together with the research that you have undertaken in response to it. You must also show evidence that you have engaged with the content by responding to the postings of other students.
Part A
You are to provide a response, approximately 200 words in length. Your responses must cover these three (3) aspects :
- be focused on the weekly topic and provide a thorough and thoughtful response,
- include your opinion and reflection,
- and provide evidence as required.
You will have a week to submit your weekly response in the discussion thread.
The Unit Coordinator reserves the right to remove any posts that are deemed inappropriate.
Part B
Final Summary (750-1000 words)
You are to submit a final summary at the end of week 11. The final summary must be a piece of reflective writing of approximately 1000 words where you discuss your journey in the development of your skills to undertake a scoping or a systematic review. Students are encouraged to use the material posted on the forums but are to ensure that this is cited (ie. the date you posted this information/response on the forum and the forum you posted this on).
Please note: students are encouraged to write in the first person for both products.
Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (10 June 2022)
The written assessment will be assessed in accordance with the rubric and information provided on the unit’s Moodle page.
The following criteria are key points to be included:
• The written assessment should be presented in an essay format.
• The written assessment must address each of the main topic tasks as detailed in the task description.
• Avoid superficial points or comments and be clear and concise.
• As this is a written assessment, you must include in-text referencing and a reference list.
This written assessment is worth 10% of your overall unit mark.
- Utilise learnt strategies to conduct a scoping or systematic review
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Literature Review or Systematic Review
In this assessment, you will be required to develop and complete your scoping review project. The scoping review should be 2500 words (10+/-) in length excluding the structured abstract, appendices, figures, tables, and references. At least 20 journal articles will need to be cited throughout the paper. This review should be relevant to paramedicine and critical care.
The scoping review will include the following:
-Abstract
-Introduction
-Review Question
-Keywords
-Eligibility criteria – PCC and Types of Sources
-Methods – Search strategy, Study/Source of Evidence selection, Data Extraction, Data Analysis, and Presentation
-Conclusion
-References
-Appendices – Search Strategy, Data Extraction Instrument, and any other applicable appendices
Week 12 Friday (3 June 2022) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (17 June 2022)
The written assessment will be assessed in accordance with the rubric and information provided on the unit’s Moodle page.
The following criteria are key points to be included:
• The written assessment should be presented in an essay format.
• The written assessment must address each of the main topic tasks as detailed in the task description.
• Avoid superficial points or comments and be clear and concise.
• As this is a written assessment, you must include in-text referencing and a reference list.
The scoping review should be 2500 words (10+/-) in length excluding the structured abstract, appendices, figures, tables, and references. At least 20 journal articles will need to be cited throughout the paper. This review should be relevant to paramedicine and critical care.
This written assessment is worth 65% of your overall unit mark.
- Apply an acceptable framework to develop an evidence-based question
- Evaluate, synthesise and communicate research applicable to critical care through the use of scoping or systematic review processes.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
