INTEGRATING EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE

HEA201

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students gain knowledge and skills that are needed to: develop and refine answerable practice-related questions; develop and implement complex and comprehensive database searches to acquire evidence that is relevant to practice-related questions; appraise the strength of evidence acquired by the searches, apply the acquired evidence to relevant aspects of practice, and reflect on their own performance in asking and answering a practice-related question and applying the answer to practice.

School: Allied Health, Human Services & Sport (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Anj Reddy

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in one of: HBFN, HBFNX, HOUA Students must have passed HEA102 or equivalent

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: HLT2IEP

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: This subject is offered via Open Universities Australia. La Trobe University students can undertake this subject as part of a cross institutional enrolment under certain circumstances, and must seek approval from the Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Course Coordinator for eligibility. Due to the nature of the subject content and online delivery, enrolments are generally not permitted past the published OUA enrolment date for the study period.

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Stphen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas

Year: 2013

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Publisher: Churchill Livingstone. Elsevier

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Research methods in health Foundations for evidence-based practice

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Liamputtong P.

Year: 2016

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Ask, and develop and refine, relevant and answerable practice-related questions using a structured approach.

02. Acquire evidence relevant to practice by developing and implementing complex and comprehensive search strategies applicable to databases and other repositories of evidence.

03. Appraise the strength of evidence generated by a range of methodologies/methods.

04. Apply appraised evidence to practice-related problems, issues, or situations.

05. Assess your own performance in developing capacity to be an evidence-based practitioner.

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Anj Reddy

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 23 - 35
Twelve 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 23 to week 35 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One audio-visual presentation (equivalent to 1000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
One 1,500 word assignment	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
One 1,250 word report	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 4, Online