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Unit of Study HLT83004 - Allied Health Honours Thesis II (2018)

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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.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to engage in supervised research in a specific area, thereby gaining experience of the professional role of a researcher in allied health. The unit requires students to complete a supervised Honours project and communicate the outcomes verbally and in a written form appropriate to an identified audience. This unit is the final unit in the embedded Allied Health Honours stream.

Unit content

Dissemination of research outcomes:

  • Written forms of dissemination
  • Verbal forms of dissemination

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

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 synthesise methods used and data analysed into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a professional manner that is appropriate for the intended audience and make clear the contribution of the research to the body of knowledge in the relevant field

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

  1. synthesise methods used and data analysed into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a professional manner that is appropriate for the intended audience and make clear the contribution of the research to the body of knowledge in the relevant field
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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