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HS5410 - Health Professional Education using Action Research

Credit points: 3
Year: 2023
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: College of Medicine & Dentistry

Available to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Health Professional Education, Graduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine, Master of Rural and Remote Medicine or by permission of the Subject or Course Coordinator or Head of School.

This subject provides an opportunity for health professionals to design, teach, evaluate and report on a series of learning sessions using the action research framework.

Learning Outcomes

  • Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research;
  • Recognise the role of research in the professional development of educators;
  • Design and implement a series of experiential learning sessions;
  • Apply the action research learning paradigm to a series of learning sessions;
  • Evaluate and appraise learning sessions using an action learning framework.

Subject Assessment

  • Oral > Presentation 1 - (35%) - Individual
  • Written > Literature review - (40%) - Individual
  • Written > Proposal - (25%) - Individual.

Special Assessment Requirements

Satisfactory completion of all assessment items

Prerequisites: HS5405 AND HS5406

Availabilities

Study Period 1, External
Census Date 23-Mar-2023
Coordinator: Dr Karen Carlisle, Assoc. Professor Louise Wright
Lecturers: Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Dr Emma Anderson, Assoc. Professor Louise Young, Dr Karen Carlisle, Assoc. Professor Louise Wright, Dr Torres Woolley.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 10 hours online activity - 10 hours scheduled online contact
  • assessment and self-directed study
Method of Delivery: WWW - LearnJCU

Study Period 2, External
Census Date 24-Aug-2023
Coordinator: Mrs Liz Ware, Assoc. Professor Louise Wright
Lecturers: Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey, Dr Emma Anderson, Dr Karen Carlisle, Mrs Liz Ware, Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli, Assoc. Professor Louise Wright.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 10 hours online activity - 10 hours scheduled online contact
  • assessment and self-directed study
Method of Delivery: WWW - LearnJCU

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.