Health Informatics Research Project 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

Students should discuss total time commitment with their supervisor but, as a guide, they are expected to commit 340 hours to the research project.

Health Informatics 300 level and related biomedical or IT disciplines.

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

Students undergo supervised research training in specific individual projects among a variety of topics in health and biomedical informatics covering e-health, biomedical informatics for precision medicine, health informatics for participatory health or Translational research Informatics.

Students will learn how to design and conduct research in biomedical informatics areas, acquiring the skills for experimental design, technical expertise, critical thinking and analysis. They will also learn how to present and communicate their scientific results in oral presentations and written reports (thesis style).

On completion of this subject students should:

• Gain technical skills in health informatics for experimental design and analyses.

• Be able to analyse and apply critical thinking in the evaluation of scientific papers.

• Demonstrate effective communication in science through oral presentations.

• 20 minutes oral research presentation (to be recorded) scheduled mid semester (30%)

• Research Report, including a literature review (6000 words), submitted by the end of semester (60%)

• Committee assessment of student participation in research scheduled by the end of semester (10%)

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion students should have acquired the following generic skills:

• Ability to read and understand scientific literature
• Oral communication and presentation of scientific results
• Ability to conduct research
• Ability to analyse scientific data
• Time management skills
• Ability to write scientific reports