MD8008 - Independent Project and Thesis

Credit points:	18
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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Available to any experienced medical practitioner currently working in a rural or remote location.

This subject allows rural medical practitioners to select a research topic of relevance to their practice, to critically review the literature, to collect and analyse relevant data and to present their findings in an academic format. Ideally, the topic will reflect an aspect of clinical rural and remote practice.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate the ability to design and execute a research project, include data analysis and writing of a thesis;
• prepare a review of the scientific literature on a chosen topic.

Prerequisites:

MD8001 and MD8002

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Assessment:	.
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Assessment:	.

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