Research Project in Health Program Evaln

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

It is desirable but not obligatory for students to have completed Health Program Evaluation 1 and 2 before commencing this Research Project. This is normally the last subject undertaken in the Master of Public Health.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

The Research Project must be in an area of relevance to health program evaluation, and the topic must be approved by the student's supervisor(s). The research project may be:

• the development of an evaluation plan or protocol;
• the analysis of existing data and preparation of a paper of publishable standard; or
• the planning, implementation and reporting of a small scale evaluation,

and may include qualitative and/or quantitative data collection approaches.

On completion of the subject students will be able to:

• Formulate a research question
• Provide a rationale for the choice of research question, the research design and analytic methods
• Summarise, analyse and interpret research findings
• Present their research as formal oral presentations
• Write up their research as a research report &/or as a journal manuscript or paper.

• A 15 minute work in progress seminar (10%),
• final 30 minute seminar (20%) and
• 3,000 word written submission of either a paper for publication or a 8,000-12,000 word evaluation protocol or a 10,000-15,000 word evaluation report (70%).

Students must pass the written research report component, and must receive a combined score for the written report and the presentations of at least 50% in order to pass the subject.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

This subject is a Master of Public Health Research Project.