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POD331 Podiatry Honours Research Seminar (8)
AbstractStudents will be introduced to the processes of research. They will understand the stages of a research project, develop a research question, turn the question into a research design, and select suitable methods for data collection and analysis. They will understand approaches to data analysis and write up and will understand what a research thesis should contain. |
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Community Health |
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Enrolment restrictionsBachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) (Honours) students only. |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to: - Understand the research process, from development of a research question, through to designing a study with data collection and analysis procedures, to writing up and preparing for publication; - Understand the difference between a thesis and other forms of dissemination, e.g., journal articles and conference presentations; and - Understand the requirements and procedures for ethics approval for research; And have: - Defined and delimited a research problem; - Formulated a research question; - Undertaken a review of literature relevant to their chosen research topics; and - Prepared a written literature review of their chosen research topic. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics: - The research process from beginning to end, i.e., from development of the research question, through to designing a study with data collection and analysis procedures, then writing up and preparing for publication
- Development of a timeframe for the honours program and for the students own thesis
- Where research questions come from
- Formulating research questions
- Designing a study to answer the students question(s)
- Considering qualitative and quantitative ways of addressing the chosen research question
- Reviewing literature, e.g., use of electronic data base searching and use of the internet for research purposes
- Structuring a literature review
- Scholarly writing
- Types of scholarly writing e.g., theses, journal articles, and conference presentations
- Formatting, including referencing according to American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines
- Structure of a thesis, e.g., introduction, method, results, discussion, and conclusions
- The ethics of research
- Writing an ethics proposal
- Grant applications
- Evaluating the product of research, including the marking processes for theses and review processes for articles
- Conventions for publication
- Intellectual ownership of research |
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.