Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 4 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite Successful completion of :
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 2027 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
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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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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 Coordinator
Students appreciate the individualised support in designing their project.
Continue to provide individualised support throughout the unit.
Students were offered individualised support from both the UC and their research mentors.
Source: Student feedback
Students would like a formatted template for the Research Proposal in assessment 2.
Provide a formatted template for the assessment.
Formatted templated developed and provided.
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
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