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 Academic Year: | 2018/9 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology |
| Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW100 |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take PA50270 AND take PA50278 |
| Description:
| Aims: To provide a supporting framework to enable students to conduct a piece of practice orientated small scale research, audit or evaluation and to present their findings as a work-orientated report to enhance service or practice development. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit participants will be able to: 1. Design a small scale research study, audit or evaluation (intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed) 2. Follow the process for obtaining ethical approval for research work if needed (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed) 3. Critically evaluate the literature associated with that study (professional, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed) 4. Collect data using appropriate tools and methodologies (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed) 5. Critically analyse data and draw appropriate conclusions / recommendations from these data (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed) 6. Present information in an appropriate format (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed). Skills: See classification of learning outcomes above. Content: The participant will undertake a piece of work which will entail the following stages: * Project Design * Ethics and governance approval * Literature review * Design and piloting * Data Collection * Data Analysis * Preparation of Conclusions * Presentation of completed report for employer and/or profession. |
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PA50279 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
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