MD8007 - Independent Study: Dissertation

Credit points:	09
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available to any experienced medical practitioner currently working in a rural or remote location.

This subject allows rural medical practitioners to select a clinical topic of relevance to their current practice in a rural or remote context, to critically review the relevant scientific literature and to prepare a dissertation on that topic.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to conduct a systematic review of the relevant clinical literature relevant to the selected topic;
• ability to write a dissertation in the form of a scientific paper intended for submission for publication. The paper will include a review of the literature, methodology, results and statistical analyses and will be fully referenced.

Prerequisites:

MD8001 and MD8002

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young.
Assessment:	thesis.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Louise Young.
Assessment:	thesis.

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