Unit Outline

This unit is the second of a Research Thesis unit series concerning the development, planning and conduct of a research project in clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice or clinical pharmacology. This unit requires students to analyse and interpret interim or final results from data collected within a research project. Students must undertake all units (Research Thesis 1, 2, 3 and 4) to complete their research thesis in the Master of Clinical Pharmacy. An interim result will be awarded for successful completion and a final result will be issued in the final unit.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Collect and analyse data using appropriate statistical methods.
2.	Present your results in appropriate scientific formats using figures and tables, where applicable, with academic writing style.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CSA721
Concurrent Pre-requisite	CSA712
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	CSA729, CSA730

Alterations as a result of student feedback

Added assessable tasks due to UTAS Learning and Teaching requirements.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Ethics task	Week 5	0 %	LO2
Assessment Task 2:	Results Summary	Week 13	0 %	LO1, LO2

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Ethics task

Task Description:

For projects that do not require ethical approval, submit a written document describing why the project does not require ethical approval.

For projects requiring ethical approval, an extract from the Online Ethics Submission.

Task Length:

500 words for non-ethics requirement project. Full extracted Ethics Document from Ethics Application for ethics approved project.

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Present documentation for ethics committee or describe the integrity of the project for ethics exemption	LO2

Assessment Task 2: Results Summary

Task Description:

You will be required to prepare a written assignment that analyses and interprets research project findings (or interim results). Tables and figures should be used, where appropriate.
Data analysis may involve: descriptive data analysis, inferential data analysis or interpretive analysis (qualitative project). If qualitative or mixed-methods are used, a summary of the thematic concepts identified with quoted exemplars supporting the thematic concepts should be provided.

• This is a hurdle assessment

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	The organisation of results data. Examples are excel (or similar) spreadsheet(s) with relevant headings and (if necessary) comments describing the data column in further detail.	LO1, LO2
2	Qualitative or mixed-methods – provide a coding rule-book or table showing the major categories and associated concepts.	LO1, LO2
3	The extent to which the summary is presented in an academic style of scientific review, with citations and referencing (if needed) in accordance with the Vancouver style.	LO1, LO2

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

Any required readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator.