Allied Health Evidence Based Theory and Practice

Course aim

This course aims to provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills to evaluate the strength and clinical utility of allied health research evidence and to become educated consumers of health sciences research to support lifelong learning.

Course content

Quantitative research designs (primary and secondary evidence), statistical processes relevant to quantitative research (validity, reliability, comparative statistics, correlation statistics, survey statistics), the theory and practice of constructing and conducting different types of research (including acquiring ethics approval, developing research questions/hypothesis generation, sampling frameworks, measurement theory, selecting appropriate statistical tests, interpretation of results, clinical utility of research, reporting of results), the hierarchy of quantitative research evidence, critical appraisal of research designs, structuring a search strategy around a clinical question, library database searching, establishing the strength of the body of evidence, writing and presenting a systematic review of the body of evidence for a topic in health practice.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	78 hours x 3 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 1 week
Computer Practical	23 hours x 3 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Oral presentation, Search strategy, Systematic review, Systematic review presentation, Written assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.