Course overview
This course is designed to allow students to work with a supervisor to identify a suitable research question, conduct a literature review and prepare a research proposal for submission to the appropriate ethics committee. Students will then continue to work with a supervisor to conduct the research study proposed present their findings in a School of Nursing seminar and in a paper suitable for publication.
Course learning outcomes
- Explore options for a possible research topic
- Examine the literature relevant to the chosen research topic
- Compose a research question
- Summarise and critique the literature and present it in a literature review
- Identify the appropriate research methodology with which to investigate the chosen question
- Formulate a research proposal