Area: | School of Physiotherapy |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 13027 (v.3) Physiotherapy Honours Preparation 351 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 303100 (v.1) Physiotherapy Practice 352
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Syllabus: | Development of skills in giving an oral presentation of the research proposal, applying for ethics approval, responding to reviewers comments on the research, and preparing for data collection. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated that they can systematically plan a research project and communicate their research clearly to both professionals and non-proffesionals, in both written and oral forms. Understood and applied the principles of research ethics to a research project. Demonstrated practical skills in organising data collection (which, depending upon the research project, may include activities such as preparing and sending consent forms, scheduling appointments and liasing with other professionals). |
Unit Texts: | Jenkins, Price and Straker, 1998, The Researching Therapist, Churchill Livingstone. Portney and Watkins, 1993, Foundations of Clinical Research, Appleton Lange. |
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Field of Education: | 61701 Physiotherapy | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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