Research Project: Gender/Women's Health

This subject is not offered in 2013.

240 hours

Pre-requisite subjects for a research project in Gender/Women's Health are:

Pre-requisite subjects for a combined research project in Epidemiology/Gender & Women's Health are:

Pre-requisite subjects for a combined research project in Social Sciences/Gender & Women's Health are:

Students must have also completed other MPH subjects that are relevant to the proposed research topic.

Students entering the MPH from 2011 must have a weighted average mark of at least 70% for all relevant subjects to be eligible to enrol in the research project. Successful research project applicants will be selected on the basis of academic merit.

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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The Research Project must be in an area of relevance to gender or women’s health and the topic approved by the student’s supervisor. Students, under supervision, will develop a research question, and design an appropriate method to address the question. They will conduct a systematic literature review, a research protocol, analysis of previously collected data or data collection. Normally, students complete their coursework requirements before being enrolled for supervision of their Research Project.

After completion of the Research Project candidates will be able to:

• critically review the existing research literature in an area of gender or women's health
• develop a research question
• design an appropriate research method to answer a research question
• conduct and evaluate research in gender or women's health
• present research findings in a written report
• communicate research findings in an oral presentation

An oral presentation of 15 minutes (10 minute presentation, 5 minutes questions), due during the fifth week of semester (15%); an oral presentation of 20 minutes (15 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions), due during the eleventh week of semester (20%); a written research report of 5000 to 8000 words, due during the examination period (65%). Students must pass the written research report (hurdle).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Upon completion of this subject, students will have developed skills in:

• Critical thinking and analysis,
• Initiative, autonomy and organization,
• Problem-solving,
• Finding, evaluating and using relevant information,
• Oral communication,
• Written communication.