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HEA700 - Systematic Review Project A

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Nursing

Unit Description

In this unit, students will identify a research gap within the discipline of nursing or midwifery through a comprehensive literature review, formulate a structured research question, and identify appropriate systematic review methodology and methods to answer the research question. Upon completion of this unit, students will be required to complete a comprehensive literature review and develop and present a research proposal for the systematic review project. This unit is the first in a sequence of three systematic review project units in which students undertaking the Bachelor of Nursing Honours or Bachelor of Midwifery Honours must enrol to complete their Honours research project. The Honours research project consists of 60 credit points, with each of the three units accounting for 20 credit points. Students will be allocated an academic supervisor from the College of Nursing and Midwifery to work collaboratively on a systematic review project following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Method for Systematic Review Research.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Identify a research gap in nursing or midwifery through the comprehensive, systematic, and critical review of research literature.
2.	Apply a relevant structure to develop a searchable question for systematic review.
3.	Develop and implement a search strategy a systematic review answering an appropriately structured clinical question.
4.	Develop and implement inclusion or exclusion criteria for the selection of eligible primary research studies for inclusion in a systematic review.
5.	Critically evaluate and justify a quality appraisal tool for assessing the methodological quality of selected research studies.
6.	Identify appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis approaches to synthesise the systematic review findings.
7.	Develop and present a research proposal for a systematic review.
8.	Work collaboratively with the allocated academic supervisor to reach the research project milestones.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Written Assignment (3500 words)	40%	1,2,8
2.	Research Proposal (3500 words)	40%	2,3,4,5,6,8
3.	Presentation (10 minutes)	20%	7,8

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR
2023	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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