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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Veronica Preda
2 Technology Place
Administration
Caroline Proctor
Level 6, 75 Talavera Road
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
MEDI8300
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
MEDI8302
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is the second of three research units which are integrated with clinical learning in Stage 2 of the Doctor of Medicine (Macquarie MD). It contributes to an 18 month research experience culminating in the completion and presentation of an individual research project in MEDI8400: Research Project and Presentation. The units build on the research training embedded in Stage 1 of the Macquarie MD and MEDI8300: Research Project A. The research projects offered broadly focus on making a scholarly contribution to learning health systems and may include projects related to health systems development and delivery, infrastructure and resource-use in healthcare, patient safety and quality, patient and clinician experience of service delivery, patient- and professional-reported determinants of health and wellbeing, and medical education. In this unit, you will continue to work with peers involved in similar projects and their project supervisors to further implement your research plan with a focus on data collection and analyses, and drafting and refining sections of the manuscript required in MEDI8400: Research Project and Presentation. You will further develop your skills in communicating research effectively. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Oral Presentation | 20% | No | 20/09/2021 |
Research Manuscript Components | 50% | No | 15/11/2021 |
Logbook, Learning Plan and Supervisor's Report | 30% | No | 29/11/2021 |
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 20/09/2021
Weighting: 20%
Oral presentation of Research plan including planned methods to supervisors. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant capability aspects. Overall and capability aspects performance will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Professional writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 15/11/2021
Weighting: 50%
Draft Analysis, refined Introduction and methods in format of the specified journal. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant capability aspects and graduate Entrustable Professional Activities. Overall and capability aspect performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Performance
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 29/11/2021
Weighting: 30%
Submission of research activities logbook as well as reflection and learning plan for the next session. Supervisors will also be required to evaluate the development of research scholarship, teamwork and professionalism. Assessment criteria will be mapped to specific capability aspects. Overall and capability aspects performance will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
This unit runs concurrently with a 20 week core clinical placement unit. All students and supervisors working on related projects will be connected using the MS Teams software. Students are expected to commit an average of 1 day a week (i.e. approx. 8 hours per week) for 20 weeks to develop, plan and conduct their research project under supervision. This time also includes participation in research team and supervisor meetings and preparation of assessment tasks. Students are expected to have regular peer meetings and complete online research modules as required.
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Unit information based on version 2021.01R of the Handbook