Project in Clinical Education

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

300 hours

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in the Master of Clinical Education. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.

Experience in clinical education to aid in topic selection.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, 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 course are encouraged to discuss this matter with the Student Equity and Disability Support Team: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This project involves the conduct of a defined research project and results in the production of a minor thesis on a topic of practical importance to the participant’s work in clinical education. Participants are encouraged and supported to select a topic that is important yet feasible to resolve within the bounds of this project. Preliminary work in refining the research question, designing the methodology, reviewing the literature and applying for ethics approval is undertaken in the preceding semester’s subject: “Research Proposal in Clinical Education”.

By completing this subject, participants should be able to:

• demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills to plan and execute a substantial research-based project or piece of scholarship relevant to clinical education
• articulate the impact of their findings on the field and how they propose to implement them
• produce a minor thesis that clearly communicates the work and its impact
• prepare a scholarly article as a contribution to the clinical education literature

• Oral presentation (10 mins individual) mid-semester - 10%
• Minor thesis (8000 words, not including 2500 word literature review from prerequisite subject) - 80%
• Oral presentation (10 mins individual) end of semester - 10%

Understanding Medical Education. Swanwick, Tim (Ed); Association for the Study of Medical Education. Edition: Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley Blackwell. 2014

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this course, participants should have:

• Developed problem-solving skills related to designing and conducting educational research
• Refined their analytic skills to review and critique educational theory and research methods
• Developed written communication and presentation skills
• Developed planning and organization skills necessary to design and complete education research