MEDS21003 - Medical Science Research Project 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This is a postgraduate unit which aims to provide you with training in research. You will be taught the foundation skills and knowledge to independently undertake an investigation of a research question in an area of medical science. This research question will be fully researched and reported in written scholarly form in Medical Science Research Project 2. The research question will be of significance to an area of medical science related to your course of enrolment and your investigation will be undertaken with principal supervision from a member of that course's staff.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites:

Enrolment into CG93 Bachelor of Medical Science, Clinical Nutrition major AND completion of 96 credit points, OR completion of 120 credit points OR enrolment into one of the following courses:

  • CV83 Master of Medical Ultrasound
  • CC71 Master of Clinical Chiropractic
  • CL64 Graduate Certificate Tactical Medicine
  • CL70 Graduate Diploma Tactical Medicine
  • CC70 Graduate Diploma Paramedic Science (Critical Care)
  • CH87 Master of Paramedic Science (Paramedic Practitioner)
  • CL88 Master of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • CL89 Graduate Diploma of Nutrition

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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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 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 70%

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 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 33.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.07% 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: SUTE Unit Comments- T1, 2023
Feedback
Students would like discipline specific markers to help with feedback.
Recommendation
Continue to try and source discipline specific markers for each stream of students enrolled in this unit.
Action Taken
The number of markers in this unit were reduced to reduce variation in marking. All three markers were qualified sonographers with a PhD. One marker's PhD involved cardiac sonography. The markers expertise aligns with students course of enrolment as a medical or cardiac sonographer.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments- T1, 2023
Feedback
Students enjoyed choosing their own topic to research.
Recommendation
Continue the practice of allowing and supporting students in their choice of topic.
Action Taken
Students continued to choose a topic of choice.
Source: SUTE comments, 2024
Feedback
Students preferred an analytic rubric compared to the holistic rubric style.
Recommendation
The rubric was based on a TEQSA example and peer reviewed by markers. Mark allocation was discussed with the markers. Consider using a hybrid holistic rubric if this unit is rerun.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE comments, 2024
Feedback
Students found the task guidelines and assessment overview lectures helpful but would have like an exemplar for each assessment.
Recommendation
Continue to provide a task guideline and associated lectures to students. Exemplars can be provided for both assessments if this unit is rerun.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Formulate a research question and specific hypotheses
  2. Search, analyse and critically appraise data or textual information
  3. Apply suitable bioethical principles to the proposal.

The purpose of Medical Science Research Projects 1 & 2 is to provide the student with training in developing, conducting, and communicating research across theoretical and applied domains. This requires students to undertake an investigation of a research question in an area of medical science aligned with their course of enrolment and to report the investigation in written scholarly form. The research question to be investigated may have either theoretical or applied significance but will add to the body of discipline-specific knowledge and meet the performance criteria for the engaged research element of the appropriate professional competency standards.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • •
2 - Communication • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills •
4 - Research • • •
5 - Self-management • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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