ALLH14002 - Research Project for Health Professionals 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Research forms the foundation of high quality, evidence-based clinical practice. As a health professional, it is important that you understand how to develop, analyse and use research to facilitate improvement in health outcomes. In this unit, you will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to ethically design a health research project. You will extend your critical thinking and analytical skills through exploration and evaluation of the current health literature to identify a clinically relevant research question. This unit requires you to demonstrate responsibility and accountability for your own learning and work collaboratively with others to develop your research methodology and begin data collection. You will also be required to apply academic conventions to oral and written communication of your research plan. You will finalise your research project in a subsequent term in your capstone research unit - Research Project for Health Professionals 2.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must have successfully completed 96 credit points of study. As part of those 96 credit points, students need to have successfully completed ALLH12006 Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals.

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2023

Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Bundaberg
Online
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Presentation 40%
2. Research Assignment 60%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% response rate.

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.

Source: 'Have your Say' survey
Feedback
Regular communication through a variety of forums including email and weekly Moodle forum posts allows clear and effective communication and ability to have questions answered promptly.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this unit continue to employ a variety of communication strategies to engage with students and allow free-flowing communication.
Action Taken
In 2022, a variety of communication strategies continued to be employed to engage with students, to facilitate open communication.
Source: Student email
Feedback
The eFIL assessment task requirements were somewhat confusing.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this unit remove the eFIL assessment task, given the operational issues surrounding the use of H5P activities within assessment.
Action Taken
In 2022, the eFIL assessment task was removed from this unit. However, the interactive activities were retained on Moodle for students to complete as non-compulsory formative assessment.
Source: Student email
Feedback
The collaborative approach to this unit, utilising research staff as specific project mentors, provides a great range of expertise and supports the learning experience.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this unit continue to employ research staff as specific project mentors to support the learning experience of students.
Action Taken
Project supervisors have continued to be utilised in this unit to mentor and support the students with their research.
Source: 'Have your Say' Survey
Feedback
Students requested that assessment tasks be discussed in more detail within a tutorial setting, where students have an opportunity to ask questions face to face.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the tutorial leader allocates time at the start of the term to outline the assessments clearly, and then continues to touch base on assessment progress and expected milestones throughout the term to ensure that requirements are clear.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: 'Have your Say' Survey
Feedback
Students expressed difficulty in managing the expectations of external placement units, while concurrently completing this unit.
Recommendation
It is recommended that early discussions regarding research timelines are held with both tutorial leaders and research supervisors, particularly for students balancing this unit with placement requirements.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Appraise and synthesise relevant theory, knowledge and evidence to develop and support a research question relevant to health
  2. Design and conduct a research project applying ethical principles relevant to your health discipline and the Australian context
  3. Adapt communication to describe and justify your research design in different formats
  4. Critically reflect on the relationships between theory, research, and clinical practice

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Presentation • • • •
2 - Research Assignment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
9 - Social Innovation • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10