Overview
Medical Science Research 1 will provide you with training in research. You are required to independently undertake an investigation of a research question in an area of medical science. This research question will be fully investigated and reported in written scholarly form in Medical Science Research 2. The research question will be of significance to an area of medical science related to your course of enrolment and will be undertaken under the principal supervision of a member of that course's staff.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite Successful completion of : 48 units of credit of Level One Units AND 84 units of credit of Level Two or Level Three Units AND Enrolment in CL10 Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours)
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student comment, UC reflection
The current prescribed textbook may not provide sufficient MLS-specific context for some aspects of the unit.
Utilise a combination of resources with better currency and contextualisation. A reading list as opposed to specific text has already been developed for T1, 2027.
Feedback from UC Reflection, student comment
Some early unit materials may benefit from updates to enhance content quality, currency and student engagement.
Consider reviewing and redeveloping early lecture materials to improve content currency, quality and student engagement.
Feedback from Student comments, UC & HOC discussion
The timing of some content resources could be better aligned with the assessment schedule.
Review the sequencing of content resources to ensure key learning materials are provided in a timely manner and appropriately aligned with assessment requirements.
Feedback from Student comments, UC & HOC discussion
Assessment expectations and requirements could be communicated more clearly.
Review and refine content resources and marking criteria to ensure provision of clearer assessment expectations to students.