Advanced Evidence Based Practice

Course aim

Develop skills in conducting a systematic search and review of the literature

Course content

This course is 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 / program.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

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

Assessment

Group assignment, Peer review, Proposal

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.