Evidence Based Practice 3

Course aim

The aim of this course is to undertake and develop skills in conducting a systematic search and review of the literature

Course content

This course is to be undertaken in a research team (small groups) under the supervision of an academic staff member. Each group of students will select a predetermined topic, develop an evidence based question, develop a systematic search strategy, access, retrieve, conduct an appraisal of bias and summarise the findings in order to answer the research question. The systematic review will be presented in the form of a written report which will include recommendations for clinical practice and embedding of best available research within relevant courses / programs within the School of Health Sciences.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 2021	Evidence Based Practice 2

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Tutorial	13 weeks x -
Workshop	7 hours x 5 days

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

Assessment

Peer assessment of group members, Proposal (group submission), Systematic review (group submission)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.