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Unit of Study HEA93002 - Discovery and Enquiry in Health: The Critical Literature Review (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    Work in this unit is followed by HEA93003 Pitch and Propose: Writing a research proposal. Students are required to enrol into HEA93003 within 12 months of completion of this unit.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to broaden and deepen their understanding of literature analysis and research design in relation to an area relevant to their professional practice. Students will produce a critical literature review to a peer-review standard.

Unit content

  1. Developing the research question
  2. Examining a systematic literature review and how it is done
  3. Methodology vs Methods
  4. Presenting the Results
  5. Elements of a comprehensive Discussion and Conclusion section
  6. Writing for Publication

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
SCU Online Study Period 2,  5 Study Period 2,  5

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 develop a research question that critically examines an area of personal interest, located within your discipline or course specialisation
2 comprehensively and systematically scope and critique the studies that will allow you to address the research question
3 prepare a robust reproducible comprehensive critique of the literature in a format appropriate for publication in a peer-reviewed journal relevant to your discipline and research interest.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. develop a research question that critically examines an area of personal interest, located within your discipline or course specialisation
    • GA1:
  2. comprehensively and systematically scope and critique the studies that will allow you to address the research question
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. prepare a robust reproducible comprehensive critique of the literature in a format appropriate for publication in a peer-reviewed journal relevant to your discipline and research interest.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

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