hea201 integrating evidence into practice

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.

SchoolAllied Health, Human Services & Sport (Pre 2022)

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorAnj Reddy

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsNo

Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

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

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsHLT2IEP

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsThis 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 requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Learning resources

Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementRecommended

AuthorStphen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas

Year2013

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PublisherChurchill Livingstone. Elsevier

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Research methods in health Foundations for evidence-based practice

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementRecommended

AuthorLiamputtong P.

Year2016

Edition/VolumeN/A

PublisherOxford University Press

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/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.

Subject options

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

Overview

Online enrolmentNo

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnj 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