Last modified: 17 Jun 2019 12:22
This course will provide the students with a ‘hands on’ experience in conducting an extensive individual project over a period of 6 months, in a Public Health context. This project will address a particular Public Health issue and is designed to develop the core competence in identifying and handling Public Health questions and their answers by the methods of enquiry and analysis relevant to the full range of health services and public health activities. Students will experience the application of the knowledge and skills in health care investigation, in a Public Health context.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | Other credits (0 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will build on the required taught courses in stages 1 and 2, which covers the core PH elements. This project will be supervised by two experts, both in topic area and methodology.
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Feedback will be provided through MyAberdeen via a assessemnt rubric |
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Verbal at poster presentaion and through MyAberdeen (rubric) |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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To train our students to undertake tie process of learning to write in a concise and effective manner, we propose to reduce the length of the publication manuscript to 3000 words. Submission of any additional material through appendices will be unchanged.
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Evaluate | 1) Review relevant literature to produce an evidence–based problem statement |
| Conceptual | Create | 2) Develop a clear research question or hypothesis to address the identified problem statement |
| Reflection | Create | 3) Design an appropriate and methodologically sound that will address these research questions/hypotheses |
| Reflection | Evaluate | 4) Describe and justify the methodological approach adopted to address the research question or hypothesis |
| Procedural | Apply | 5) Demonstrate practical experience with data collection and management |
| Reflection | Analyse | 6) Analyse, interpret and present project data appropriately |
| Procedural | Create | 7) Communicate project outputs according to recognised standards and format within discipline |
| Factual | Understand | 8) Demonstrate knowledge of and compliance with all relevant regulatory, professional and ethical standards |
| Procedural | Evaluate | 9) Demonstrate professional practice in the management of research project including time-management, record keeping, confidentiality, communication and team work |
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