In Project & Scholarship 3, students prepare their final project output on their clinically relevant research question. The output of this project will be disseminated to their peers, clinicians and academic staff in written and verbal formats. Students will consolidate their established oral and verbal presentation skills and be prepared to justify their project findings in their written and oral assessment pieces. This unit (HMO7009) is the third and final unit comprising of the project component of students masters by course work degree.

Unit details

Study level:
Postgraduate
Credit points:
12
Unit code:
HMO7009

Prerequisites

HMO7008 - Project and Scholarship 2

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. Synthesise and interpret data from the investigation to create project output;  
  2. Debate findings and conclusions from major project to peers and academic staff; and  
  3. Contextualise and communicate new knowledge to an audience in oral and written format.  

Assessment

The preliminary data analysis is an opportunity for students to prepare, receive feedback, and refine their project output. The poster and presentation will assess the students' ability to synthesise and interpret data and present findings and conclusions of their project in a polished written form. In the project presentation, students are assessed on their ability to communicate the new knowledge from their projects in a verbal format.
Assessment type Description Grade
Presentation Presentation using infographic focussed on data visualisation and interpretation (5 mins) 30%
Poster Final project poster (3000 words) 40%
Presentation Project presentation (10mins) 30%

Where to next?

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