School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health Research Project
  • Unit Code

    HST3501
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Margaret WALLACE

Description

This unit is designed to consolidate social research skills through the production of an independent research report. Specifically students will pursue in depth an area of interest in health science by conducting a health research project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from HST2122

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply different modes of inquiry and research skills to the analysis of a social health issue.
  2. Design a health research project on a selected social health issue.
  3. Implement a social health research project, including data collection and analysis.
  4. Write a research report.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of data.
  2. Data collection strategies relevant to the research problem.
  3. Designing research intruments and ethical implications.
  4. Development of appropriate research questions and application of an appropriate research design.
  5. Presentation of final report.
  6. Reviewing the literature and identifying theoretical frameworks.
  7. Selection and formulation of a health research problem.
  8. Writing up results and presenting findings.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-Campus A combination of lectures and workshops that incorporate case studies, small group activities and discussions to support each step in the students' research process. Online resources are also provided. Off-Campus E-learning, peer review exercises, on-line consultations to support each step in the students' research process. This unit actively engages students in the exploration of contemporary social health issues by allowing them to design and implement a social health research project of their choice. Students have the opportunity to explore their chosen issue, theoretically (literature review and methods development) and practically (by collecting data from their study participants). Students will be guided through self study and/or mentored in weekly workshops. The workshops will provide instruction on each step of the research process as they engaged with it and offer an opportunity for students to give and receive feedback from lecturer and peers. This unit seeks to create a collaborative and supportive research environment for students who wish to pursue their individual research goals.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestStudy Problem, literature context and purpose15%
AssignmentProject plan45%
AssignmentProject report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestStudy Problem, literature context and purpose15%
AssignmentProject plan45%
AssignmentProject report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health Research Project
  • Unit Code

    HST3501
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Margaret WALLACE

Description

This unit is designed to consolidate social research skills through the production of an independent research report. Specifically students will pursue in depth an area of interest in health science by conducting a health research project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from HST2122

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply different modes of inquiry and research skills to the analysis of a social health issue.
  2. Design a health research project on a selected social health issue.
  3. Implement a social health research project, including data collection and analysis.
  4. Write a research report.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of data.
  2. Data collection strategies relevant to the research problem.
  3. Designing research intruments and ethical implications.
  4. Development of appropriate research questions and application of an appropriate research design.
  5. Presentation of final report.
  6. Reviewing the literature and identifying theoretical frameworks.
  7. Selection and formulation of a health research problem.
  8. Writing up results and presenting findings.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-Campus A combination of lectures and workshops that incorporate case studies, small group activities and discussions to support each step in the students' research process. Online resources are also provided. Off-Campus E-learning, peer review exercises, on-line consultations to support each step in the students' research process. This unit actively engages students in the exploration of contemporary social health issues by allowing them to design and implement a social health research project of their choice. Students have the opportunity to explore their chosen issue, theoretically (literature review and methods development) and practically (by collecting data from their study participants). Students will be guided through self study and/or mentored in weekly workshops. The workshops will provide instruction on each step of the research process as they engaged with it and offer an opportunity for students to give and receive feedback from lecturer and peers. This unit seeks to create a collaborative and supportive research environment for students who wish to pursue their individual research goals.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestStudy Problem, literature context and purpose15%
AssignmentProject plan45%
AssignmentProject report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestStudy Problem, literature context and purpose15%
AssignmentProject plan45%
AssignmentProject report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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