Module overview
Linked modules
Pre- requisites: MEDI2045 (Research for Medicine and Health) and MEDI3048 (BM Research Project) Co-requisite: MEDI6221 (Scientific Review)
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Plan an effective and realistic systematic research programme designed to critically evaluate your research hypothesis
- Communicate your research data, ideas, problems and solutions, contextualising knowledge and structuring and sustaining arguments
- Work safely, efficiently and competently on your own and as part of a team
- Assimilate information from a variety of sources and utilise this to design and modify your research programme
- Show clear evidence of independent thought in analysing, interpreting and evaluating research data, appreciating the limits of knowledge and a willingness to challenge received wisdom
- Organise your activities to carry out the project within a limited time frame
- Demonstrate that you are able to obtain and accurately record and report research data using techniques that you perform and can validate
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Completion of assessment task | 60 |
Supervised time in studio/workshop | 40 |
Independent Study | 340 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Seminar | 8 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Learning Resources. • Project supervisors will provide guidance on reading associated with the project. • The library and associated electronic resources including access to journal articles. • Specialist software if considered critical for the project will be made available via either the university suite of licenced software, or by the project supervisor. • Access to data sets where necessary will be managed/made available by the project supervisor. • Guidance on all aspects of formative and summative assessments will be available via blackboard supported by the module lead.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Students are not normally permitted to repeat the year.Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Supervisor's evaluation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Ongoing oral feedback throughout project as well as written feedback.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Oral feedback from module leadership team and peers.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Supervisor's evaluation | 10% |
Poster Presentation | 15% |
Oral presentation | 15% |
Project report | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Project report | 60% |
Oral presentation | 15% |
Poster Presentation | 15% |
Supervisor's evaluation | 10% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal