Unit Synopsis
This unit introduces you to the foundations of research skills and knowledge required for nursing, midwifery and social sciences research. You will critically appraise and justify research paradigms and develop and justify research questions for qualitative, quantitative or mixed method designs, and propose suitable research paradigms and designs to answer your research question.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Students must be enrolled in CL22 Master of Clinical Nursing to undertake this unit. Co-requisites: NURS20173. Pre-requisites: NURS20167. 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
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 Postgraduate 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. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 60% |
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: Email and SUTE data.
Students commended that the unit coordinator helped support them on their learning journey.
One-on-one meetings and feedback to be continued.
Continue to meet with students regularly, using multiple methods of contact (email, text, phone, forums)
Source: Live sessions
Students expressed wanting more time to work on assessments.
Each live session was built around reviewing content and then working on assessments. Secondary to this feedback, less time was allocated to content and more iterative learning was provided in the context of assessments. Case studies and examples were provided as learning and assessment development tools.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Critically appraise and justify research paradigms and methods used to answer research questions in contemporary and diverse healthcare settings
- Construct and justify research question/s appropriate to qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research design
- Propose and justify a research paradigm and design to answer a research question
There are no learning outcomes linked to external accreditation for this unit.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |