MD8009:03
Independent Project: Writing for Publication
| External | HECS Band 3 |
Semester 1 or 2.
Available to students enrolled in Master of Rural and Remote Medicine program ndash; medical practitioners ideally currently in rural practice.
Staff: Professor R Hays.
This subject provides basic knowledge and skills to enable students to explore in depth a chosen area of rural medical professional practice. Students will extend and consolidate this knowledge through the selection and exploration of a topic relevant to their professional practice and capable of formal presentation in both oral and written formats. Submission of written products to professional journals will be encouraged.
Learning Objectives:
- to improve knowledge and skill about topic selection, time management and presentation of information in both oral and written formats;
- to increase the capacity of rural practitioners to identify and document issues of interest to the broader profession.
Assessment by justification of topic (10%); literature review and initial draft outline (40%); final draft (50%).