HLTH7010A Health Honours Thesis A (9/18 units)

Dr Fiona Rillotta

2020

1 Admission into HBHS-Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours)
1a Admission into HBBSC-Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))

1 HLTH7013 - Research Methods 1
2 HLTH7011 - Contemporary Issues in Health Research
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)

1 of HLTH7005B, HLTH7005D, HLTH7005E, MIDW7000, MIDW7000A, NURS7000, NURS7000A has been successfully completed

Basic research knowledge

The Honours Thesis topics are taught and assessed as a continuum.

Assignments

HLTH7010A and HLTH7010B together comprise the Health Honours Thesis (18 units total). Students design and carry out an independent empirical investigation under the supervision of academic staff and formally report their findings in a thesis of 10,000-15,000 words in length. They are taught and assessed as a continuum and students must undertake both in the same academic year.

The educational aims of the Health Honours thesis are to:

Provide students with experience designing and carrying out health-related research
Prepare graduates who will be critical consumers of research, and who will be able to design, conduct, and write up a research project themselves
Develop an advanced level of knowledge in the area of specialisation
Develop verbal and written skills relevant to research.

On completion of this topic, students will be expected to be able to:

Critique research and scholarly literature for strengths and weaknesses in their conception, design, analysis, and presentation
Develop and justify a research question(s) or hypotheses based on prior research and/or theory
Design a study to appropriately address a research question(s) (or to test hypotheses)
<.li>Construct an ethics application for health-related research
Analyse and effectively synthesise research data and communicate research results/findings
Demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge in an area of specialisation
Defend limitations and justify avenues for future research.

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2020 are no longer published.

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