Allied Health Evidence Based Practice 2

Course aim

This course aims to provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills to evaluate allied health research evidence in a systematic and rigorous manner and to become educated consumers of health research which can be used to inform advanced clinical care and lifelong learning.

Course content

Developing an answerable clinical review question, customised search strategy including searching of peer and grey literature, establishing the strength and quality of the body of evidence, synthesising the findings using established frameworks, writing and presenting the findings from a systematic review with implication of practice and research which takes into account research evidence, clinical expertise, client’s values and circumstances into the clinical practice content.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
REHB 5118	Allied Health Research Evidence Translation

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Lecture (Online)	10 hours x over 5 weeks
Tutorial (Self Directed)	10 hours x over 5 weeks
Discussion Boards	10 hours x over 5 weeks

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

Assessment

Assignment, Online activities

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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.