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Unit of Study HLT83002 - Allied Health Honours Seminar II (2016)

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  • Enrolment information

    Enrolled in Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours, Bachelor of Speech Pathology with Honours or Bachelor of Podiatry with Honours. Successful completion of all units in Years 1 and 2 of BOccThy, BSpPath or BPod on first attempt; with minimum Credit grade average. Offered place in Honours stream - places in the Honours program are limited and subject to the availability of suitable supervisors.


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 Formulate a research question that will be explored in the Honours Research Project, and engage in critical discussion and feedback of colleagues’ research questions
2 Appraise and critically review the literature relevant to the identified research question
3 Identify and explain the ethical issues relevant to the identified research questions, and engage in discussion of ethics associated with colleagues’ research questions
4 Design and develop a research proposal for their research question, providing justification and support for the plan

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

  1. Formulate a research question that will be explored in the Honours Research Project, and engage in critical discussion and feedback of colleagues’ research questions
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  2. Appraise and critically review the literature relevant to the identified research question
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  3. Identify and explain the ethical issues relevant to the identified research questions, and engage in discussion of ethics associated with colleagues’ research questions
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. Design and develop a research proposal for their research question, providing justification and support for the plan
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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