Unit Synopsis
This introductory unit is designed to equip emerging Health professionals with essential research and study skills. In this unit you will identify the strengths and weaknesses of research designs and methodologies, and learn how to critically evaluate information from a variety of sources. You will also conduct a systematic information search of health-related literature, use bibliographic software and enhance your academic writing skills.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Presentation | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 74.19% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.74% response rate.
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.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Weekly resources could be titled to allow students to locate information more effectively and efficiently.
It is recommended that all weekly resources be updated to include a more specific title to allow students to locate information more effectively and efficiently.
Weekly resources were updated to include a more specific title, allowing students to effectively and efficiently locate information,
Source: Unit Evaluation
Some of the quiz questions were associated with content and activities covered in the weekly tutorials.
It is recommended that students be made aware that quiz questions will be drawn from all learning materials and resources (including tutorials and other resources), not just the lectures. This information should be provided in the Unit Profile, as well on any information related to the quizzes.
Students were consistently made aware that quiz questions are drawn from all learning materials and resources through the Unit Profile, as well as any information related to the quizzes.
Source: Unit Evaluation
An online tutor to assist with the weekly tutorials was an effective and efficient way of engaging the online students.
It is recommended that an online tutor continue to assist with the weekly tutorials to facilitate engagement with the online cohort.
In Progress
Source: Unit Evaluation
It would be helpful to be able to download all learning content and materials to engage with at an alternate time.
It is recommended that all learning content and materials be made readily available for download. Further, time should be put aside in Week 1 of Term to demonstrate how the learning content and materials can be downloaded to ensure students know how to do this.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate and summarise information from a variety of sources within the health setting
- Use effective search strategies to conduct a systematic information search of health-related literature
- Identify the strengths and limitations of a variety of research designs and research methodologies used by Health professionals
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental research and study skills concepts.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |