Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Medicine

School

Public Health School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

Lecture 1 Hour/ Week
Tutorial 2 Hours/ Week

Assessment methods

Infographic

Annotated Bibliography

Online quiz

Research Proposal and group work

Course enquiries

Dr Gregore Iven Mielke

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

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Course description

This course is designed to provide students with an effective working knowledge of health research needed to support high quality, ethical public health practice that is linked to scientific evidence and effectiveness. Specifically this course will address the language, skills and knowledge essential to commence the public health research process. This includes how to source quality evidence, conduct a literature review and identify a gap in the literature for further research. The course will explore the types of evidence and the range of research designs and approaches used in public health practice and the knowledge and skills needed to design a research project to address an identified gap in the literature.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile