Program Overview

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Program Overview

The POD331 Podiatry Honours Research Seminar is an 8-point subject that introduces students to the processes of research. Students will understand the stages of a research project, develop a research question, turn the question into a research design, and select suitable methods for data collection and analysis.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject is offered over one session.

School

The subject is part of the School of Community Health.

Enrolment Restrictions

Enrolment in this subject is restricted to Bachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) (Honours) students only.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Understand the research process, from development of a research question, through to designing a study with data collection and analysis procedures, to writing up and preparing for publication
• Understand the difference between a thesis and other forms of dissemination, e.g., journal articles and conference presentations
• Understand the requirements and procedures for ethics approval for research And have:
• Defined and delimited a research problem
• Formulated a research question
• Undertaken a review of literature relevant to their chosen research topics
• Prepared a written literature review of their chosen research topic

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• The research process from beginning to end, i.e., from development of the research question, through to designing a study with data collection and analysis procedures, then writing up and preparing for publication
• Development of a timeframe for the honours program and for the students own thesis
• Where research questions come from
• Formulating research questions
• Designing a study to answer the students question(s)
• Considering qualitative and quantitative ways of addressing the chosen research question
• Reviewing literature, e.g., use of electronic data base searching and use of the internet for research purposes
• Structuring a literature review
• Scholarly writing
• Types of scholarly writing e.g., theses, journal articles, and conference presentations
• Formatting, including referencing according to American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines
• Structure of a thesis, e.g., introduction, method, results, discussion, and conclusions
• The ethics of research
• Writing an ethics proposal
• Grant applications
• Evaluating the product of research, including the marking processes for theses and review processes for articles
• Conventions for publication
• Intellectual ownership of research