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Health Research Design and Planning

General Information

This subject builds on the subject Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals to develop student competencies relating to research design and planning. Students will identify research methods most appropriate to their research questions and practice context, consider and submit ethics applications for review and develop research submissions for external peer review and funding consideration. Students are required to successfully complete this subject before progressing to research internships or capstone in the Master of Occupational Therapy.

  • Academic unit: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
    Subject code: OCTY71-401
    Subject title: Health Research Design and Planning
    Subject level: Postgraduate
    Semester/Year: May 2019
    Credit points: 10.000
  • Timetable: https://bond.edu.au/timetable
    Delivery mode: Intensive
    Workload items:
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 9, week 4
    • Personal Study Hours: x12 (Total hours: 57) - Personal study hours
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 1, week 2
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 2, week 2
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 3, Week 2
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 4, Week 3
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 5, Week 3
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 6, Week 3
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 7, Week 4
    • Seminar: x1 (Total hours: 7) - Seminar 8, Week 4
    Attendance and learning activities: Students must attend ALL sessions. Most session build on the work from the previous on. It is difficult to recover is a session is missed. This subject prepares students for further research and project work and attendance is an important part of the learning process. Students will get most benefit from this subject through participation in class discussions and activities. In addition, independent study is expected to ensure students have a sound understanding of the research process prior to clinical placement. Attendance in class will be monitored. If a student has a legitimate reason for non-attendance they must notify the subject convener as early as possible and provide documentation (eg Medical certificate, statutory declaration) Participation in all classes is required in order to demonstrate professional competence. All assessments require a pass mark, and if a student fails to attend less than 75% of classes, they will not be eligible to pass the subject. There is a requirement to collect research clinical practice points assisting with data collection for ethically approved studies (minimum 8 hours for OCTY 401).
  • Prescribed resources:

    Books

    • John W Creswell (2018). Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. n/a, Sage

    Others

    • Julie Pallant (2016). SPSS Survivial Manual. Sydney Allen and Unwin
    • Andy Field (2013). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (and sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll). London Sage
    • Pranee Liamputtong (2009). Qualitative research Methods. Melbourne Oxford
    After enrolment, students can check the Books and Tools area in iLearn for the full Resource List.
    iLearn@Bond & Email: iLearn@Bond is the online learning environment at Bond University and is used to provide access to subject materials, lecture recordings and detailed subject information regarding the subject curriculum, assessment and timing. Both iLearn and the Student Email facility are used to provide important subject notifications. Additionally, official correspondence from the University will be forwarded to students’ Bond email account and must be monitored by the student.

    To access these services, log on to the Student Portal from the Bond University website as www.bond.edu.au

Academic unit: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Subject code: OCTY71-401
Subject title: Health Research Design and Planning
Subject level: Postgraduate
Semester/Year: May 2019
Credit points: 10.000

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Nil

Assurance of learning

Assurance of Learning means that universities take responsibility for creating, monitoring and updating curriculum, teaching and assessment so that students graduate with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need for employability and/or further study.

At Bond University, we carefully develop subject and program outcomes to ensure that student learning in each subject contributes to the whole student experience. Students are encouraged to carefully read and consider subject and program outcomes as combined elements.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Program Learning Outcomes provide a broad and measurable set of standards that incorporate a range of knowledge and skills that will be achieved on completion of the program. If you are undertaking this subject as part of a degree program, you should refer to the relevant degree program outcomes and graduate attributes as they relate to this subject.

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Subject Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

On successful completion of this subject the learner will be able to:

  1. Formulate a clear research question from a practice problem.
  2. Identify and select appropriate methods to investigate and resolve practice problems.
  3. Critically review the literature.
  4. Utilise ethical procedures in the research process.
  5. Demonstrate skills in disseminating outcomes of research.
  6. Plan appropriate statistical analysis or qualitative analysis methods to test research hypotheses.

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Assessment

The University acknowledges that Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI) tools are an important facet of contemporary life. Their use in assessment is considered in line with students’ development of the skills and knowledge which demonstrate learning outcomes and underpin study and career success. Instructions on the use of Gen-AI are given for each assessment task; it is your responsibility to adhere to these instructions.

  • Type Task % Timing* Outcomes assessed
    Oral Pitch^ Oral pitch of research project 20.00% Week 4 1,3,4,5
    Technical Document^ Data analysis plan and report 20.00% Week 5 2,6
    Project Plan^ part a) Research Protocol part b) Ethics Consideration 60.00% Week 8 1,2,3,4
    • ^ Students must pass this assessment to pass the subject
    • * Assessment timing is indicative of the week that the assessment is due or begins (where conducted over multiple weeks), and is based on the standard University academic calendar
    • C = Students must reach a level of competency to successfully complete this assessment.
  • Assessment criteria

    High Distinction 85-100 Outstanding or exemplary performance in the following areas: interpretative ability; intellectual initiative in response to questions; mastery of the skills required by the subject, general levels of knowledge and analytic ability or clear thinking.
    Distinction 75-84 Usually awarded to students whose performance goes well beyond the minimum requirements set for tasks required in assessment, and who perform well in most of the above areas.
    Credit 65-74 Usually awarded to students whose performance is considered to go beyond the minimum requirements for work set for assessment. Assessable work is typically characterised by a strong performance in some of the capacities listed above.
    Pass 50-64 Usually awarded to students whose performance meets the requirements set for work provided for assessment.
    Fail 0-49 Usually awarded to students whose performance is not considered to meet the minimum requirements set for particular tasks. The fail grade may be a result of insufficient preparation, of inattention to assignment guidelines or lack of academic ability. A frequent cause of failure is lack of attention to subject or assignment guidelines.

    Quality assurance

    For the purposes of quality assurance, Bond University conducts an evaluation process to measure and document student assessment as evidence of the extent to which program and subject learning outcomes are achieved. Some examples of student work will be retained for potential research and quality auditing purposes only. Any student work used will be treated confidentially and no student grades will be affected.

Type Task % Timing* Outcomes assessed
Oral Pitch^ Oral pitch of research project 20.00% Week 4 1,3,4,5
Technical Document^ Data analysis plan and report 20.00% Week 5 2,6
Project Plan^ part a) Research Protocol part b) Ethics Consideration 60.00% Week 8 1,2,3,4
  • ^ Students must pass this assessment to pass the subject
  • * Assessment timing is indicative of the week that the assessment is due or begins (where conducted over multiple weeks), and is based on the standard University academic calendar
  • C = Students must reach a level of competency to successfully complete this assessment.

Study Information

Submission procedures

Students must check the iLearn@Bond subject site for detailed assessment information and submission procedures.

Policy on late submission and extensions

A late penalty will be applied to all overdue assessment tasks unless an extension is granted by the subject coordinator. The standard penalty will be 10% of marks awarded to that assessment per day late with no assessment to be accepted seven days after the due date. Where a student is granted an extension, the penalty of 10% per day late starts from the new due date.

Academic Integrity

University’s Academic Integrity Policy defines plagiarism as the act of misrepresenting as one’s own original work: another’s ideas, interpretations, words, or creative works; and/or one’s own previous ideas, interpretations, words, or creative work without acknowledging that it was used previously (i.e., self-plagiarism). The University considers the act of plagiarising to be a breach of the Student Conduct Code and, therefore, subject to the Discipline Regulations which provide for a range of penalties including the reduction of marks or grades, fines and suspension from the University.

Bond University utilises Originality Reporting software to inform academic integrity.

Feedback on assessment

Feedback on assessment will be provided to students within two weeks of the assessment submission due date, as per the Assessment Policy.

Accessibility and Inclusion Support

If you have a disability, illness, injury or health condition that impacts your capacity to complete studies, exams or assessment tasks, it is important you let us know your special requirements, early in the semester. Students will need to make an application for support and submit it with recent, comprehensive documentation at an appointment with a Disability Officer. Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Office at the earliest possible time, to meet staff and learn about the services available to meet your specific needs. Please note that late notification or failure to disclose your disability can be to your disadvantage as the University cannot guarantee support under such circumstances.

Additional subject information

Students need to ensure that they have a recent version of endnote downloaded onto their personal computer for this subject.

Subject curriculum

Approved on: Mar 15, 2019. Edition: 1.4
Last updated: Nov 16, 2022