Unit Synopsis
Evidence-based practice is an integral component of practicing as a psychologist, and aligns with the scientist-practitioner model. It is essential that you establish and evaluate your professional practice work based on scientific research. This unit will equip you with knowledge and skills related to the conduct of research evaluation in a professional practice context.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| 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 2 - 2027
Term 2 - 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 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
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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 evaluations (SUTE)
Some students felt that assessments were too complicated.
Review assessment requirements to see where tasks and instructions could be streamlined.
Small changes in marking rubric were conducted to streamline requitements of all assessments.
Source: Unit evaluations (SUTE)
Some students felt that too much jargon related to research evaluation was used in teaching materials.
Review teaching materials to see where content can be explained more clearly, particularly terminology and concepts related to research evaluation.
Teaching materials were updated to current research guidelines while teaching was also modified to better accommodate different types of research questions and evaluation approaches.
Source: In class and Student Unit Evaluation.
Some students indicated that they would prefer an alternative assessment, to the current systematic or scoping review.
Consider changing the assessment to an evidence-based practice guide, drawing on current research and practice-based evidence.
In Progress
Source: In class and Student Unit Evaluation.
Some students requested less readings and clearer guidance on using the available teaching materials.
Consider refining teaching materials to focus on more specific content while providing clearer guidance on how to navigate these resources.
In Progress
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