| Unit name | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | AUDIM0007 |
| Credit points | 60 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Helen Pryce |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Healthcare workers are required to originate and use research evidence to inform their practice. This unit will build on the Research Methods and Evidence-Based Healthcare units, either providing participants with experience of undertaking a pilot study in a chosen area of clinical practice and presenting the results, or of carrying out a full assessment of a proposed service development within rehabilitative audiology.
Aims:
This unit will build on the learning from the Research Methods unit, where participants will have reviewed an area of interest and developed a draft proposal for an innovative study within that area of interest, and the Evidence-based Healthcare unit, where they will have formulated a strategy to change an area of practice in the light of new evidence and identified how that strategy will be evaluated.
For the Dissertation, participants will develop one of these areas of work and either engage in an active pilot of research as outlined in the proposal for an innovative study, or make a full assessment of a proposed service development.
Participants will apply learning from previous modules in the course to produce a small innovative study, or a comprehensive review and assessment of a specific area of clinical practice that needs revising / updating, based on current evidence.
Dissertation topics, arising from the two units - Research Methods and Evidence-based Healthcare - will be decided in consultation with potential supervisors and are likely to focus on areas of expertise of staff from within the Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies.
Tutorials in groups and 1:1
On line materials
A report arising from the study outlined within the Research Methods unit
or
A comprehensive review and fully costed proposal for an appropriate, evidence-based development of service, as outlined in the Evidence-based Healthcare unit.
10,000 - 15,000 words
Readings from Research Methods and Evidence-Based Healthcare
www.corec.org.uk
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ResearchAndDevelopment
