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MEDI7000 – Research Communications

2024 – Session 2, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Jennifer Rowland
jen.rowland@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit aims to equip you with skills to communicate academic research effectively, and with a heightened appreciation of the relationship between research communications and disciplinary knowledge creation. You will analyse, critique and practise academic communication conventions from different research genres in a variety of modes (written, oral and visual), across disciplines. You will develop communication skills to present a clear and coherent exposition of research concepts to a variety of audiences.

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Demonstrate a range of communication styles required as an active academic research professional
  • ULO2: Effectively utilise written, oral, and visual communications to disseminate research.
  • ULO3: Explain the structure and style of various types of research communications.
  • ULO4: Identify different approaches taken to present your data and communicate your research.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Oral Presentation critical review and practice 45% No Week 13
Protocol for Systematic Review 15% No Week 9
Research Pitch 25% No Week 6
Comparative analysis of journal articles 15% No Week 4

Oral Presentation critical review and practice

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 45%

Review different oral presentations, compare and contrast their style/effectiveness. Present research in short talk or recorded presentation (online version of unit).
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Effectively utilise written, oral, and visual communications to disseminate research.
  • Explain the structure and style of various types of research communications.
  • Identify different approaches taken to present your data and communicate your research.

Protocol for Systematic Review

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 15%

Students will follow steps of systematic review preparation and reporting in order to prepare a protocol for a systematic review using the PRISMA-P Elaboration and Explanation Document.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate a range of communication styles required as an active academic research professional
  • Effectively utilise written, oral, and visual communications to disseminate research.
  • Explain the structure and style of various types of research communications.
  • Identify different approaches taken to present your data and communicate your research.

Research Pitch

Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 25%

Written lay presentation of a research project.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Effectively utilise written, oral, and visual communications to disseminate research.
  • Explain the structure and style of various types of research communications.
  • Identify different approaches taken to present your data and communicate your research.

Comparative analysis of journal articles

Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 15%

Comparative analysis of journal article style and structure. Creation of style sheet.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate a range of communication styles required as an active academic research professional
  • Effectively utilise written, oral, and visual communications to disseminate research.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

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Unit information based on version 2024.01R of the Handbook