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PA50278: Masters short project 1

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Credits: 18      [equivalent to 36 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 300
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Modular (no specific semester)
Assessment Summary: CW100
Assessment Detail:
  • Assessment detail to be confirmed
Supplementary Assessment:
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take PA50270
After taking this module you must take PA50279
Description: Aims:
To provide a supporting framework to enable students to conduct a piece of practice-orientated small scale research, audit or evaluation and to present their findings as a work-orientated report to enhance service or practice development.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit participants will be able to:
1. Design a small scale research study, audit or evaluation (intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed)
2. Follow the process for obtaining ethical approval for research work if needed (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed)
3. Critically evaluate the literature associated with that study (professional, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed)
4. Collect data using appropriate tools and methodologies (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed)
5. Critically analyse data and draw appropriate conclusions / recommendations from these data (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed)
6. Present information in an appropriate format (professional, practical, key and intellectual skill; facilitated and assessed).

Skills:
See classification of learning outcomes above.

Content:
The participant will undertake a piece of work which will entail the following stages:
* Project Design;
* Ethics and governance approval;
* Literature review;
* Design and piloting;
* Data Collection;
* Data Analysis;
* Preparation of Conclusions;
* Presentation of completed report for employer and/or profession.
Programme availability:

PA50278 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  • TSPA-ADM16 : MSc Advanced and Specialist Healthcare Practice

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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