HLN700 Dissertation
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| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $12,864 |
| International unit fee | $18,672 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
| Coordinator: | Nicolie Jenkins | n2.jenkins@qut.edu.au |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation
Unit Outline: Summer 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation
Unit Outline: Summer 2025, Online
| Unit code: | HLN700 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 48 |
| Other Requisite: | Minimum overall course GPA of 5 and unit coordinator approval |
| Equivalent: | HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge. |
Overview
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.
HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester.
Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critique the relevant literature pertaining to a research problem/ question in your discipline area
- Write a research proposal for addressing the research problem/question
- Design an appropriate methodology for investigating the research problem/ question
- Critically interpret research findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the area
- Communicate research outcomes in accordance with accepted standards of scholarship, presentation and style
Content
The content of your dissertation will depend on the topic that you choose as the focus of your research. Other areas of learning focus on the expectations of scholarly work and the dissertation process including:
- Critically analysing and synthesising scholarly literature
- Identifying research questions
- Designing a theoretical and methodological framework
- Conducting a research study
- Analysing the results and
- Communicating the research findings
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the research process and regular consultations with your dissertation supervisor. The frequency of meetings will be determined in consultation with your supervisor. Depending on your discipline area, you may also be participating in a series of seminar presentations. Consult with your supervisor for further details regarding additional teaching and learning approaches that may be used in your discipline area.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Academic support through early formal, formative feedback to students is a priority and specific details about formative feedback in the unit will be confirmed through the Canvas site. Feedback on your work-in-progress will be provided throughout by your supervisor. The principal formative feedback opportunity will focus on presentation of your proposed research overview including the rationale for the proposed study, the research question of interest, a brief literature review and outline of the methodology to address the question that has been posed. You will also have feedback from your supervisor who will review the final draft of your dissertation before it is submitted for examination.
Assessment
Overview
The sole summative assessment item is the dissertation. You will receive formative feedback throughout the preparation of your dissertation including through the consultations with your supervisor, meetings with your supervisory group (where utilised) and submission of a research proposal and draft dissertation materials.
During the development of your dissertation, you will need to meet several milestones. Your supervisor will guide through what is required.
Your dissertation will be examined by academics in your discipline who have not been involved in the supervisory process.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Literature Review
You will write an overview of your proposed research that presents the rationale for the proposed study and the research question of interest, provides a brief literature review and outlines the methodology to address the question that has been posed.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Dissertation
As a researcher in your discipline, you will undertake a research project in response to a problem/question in your discipline area, and produce a dissertation for a scholarly audience. You will write an extended piece of scholarly work that defines a problem/question, reviews the literature related to the problem/question, describes the methodology that has been undertaken to investigate the research problem/question/hypothesis, critically interprets the findings and makes recommendations for future research in the area.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Risk Assessment Statement
The risks in this unit are dependent on your research. These risks need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and considered in consultation with your dissertation supervisor or other nominated advisors. You are referred to the university's health and safety website QUT's Health, Safety, Environment for further information.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Dissertation
PU86 Master of Public Health
- Apply advanced knowledge of public health principles to complex, current public health issues in diverse local and international contexts
Relates to: Dissertation - Critically analyse, synthesise and apply the specialised knowledge,theories and frameworks of public health practice
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Apply advanced oral,written and technical communication and research literacy skills to professional practice in interprofessional teams
Relates to: Literature Review, Dissertation - Engage professionally to advance efficient and equitable gains in population health through leadership and culturally-safe, evidence-based practice.
Relates to: Dissertation