HLN713 Health Management Project


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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Unit code:HLN713
Credit points:12
Pre-requisite:HLN707 Research Methods in Health
Equivalent:HLQ709 Health Management Project
Assumed Knowledge:

This unit is designed as a capstone experience. You are expected to have completed a significant portion of your award before attempting the unit. It will draw on your understanding and knowledge from discipline specific learning.

Coordinators:Jo Durham | joanne.durham@qut.edu.au
Sam Toloo Sheikhzadeh Yazd | sam.toloo@qut.edu.au
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Overview

This is a capstone-type unit that you are expected to complete as a culmination of the learnings throughout your course. It provides you with the opportunity to consider a real world problem (that you have identified from within your workplace and prior engagement in the course) and examine the issue from a realistic, scholarly perspective, bringing to bear your research skills and applying your domain knowledge.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

  1. Justify a research project proposal that builds upon workplace problems, issues or questions presenting in health management.
  2. Critically review and refine research methodology and methods for gathering data and for addressing the identified problem, issue or question.
  3. Critically evaluate contemporary literature to establish current knowledge of a complex problem, issue or questions.
  4. Critically interpret project findings, draw conclusions and make recommendations for future work in health management.
  5. Apply verbal communication skills and reflective practice to present your research and provide constructive feedback to peers.

Content

The content of your project will depend on the topic you choose. Areas of general learning focus on the expectations of scholarly project work which include: 

  • drawing upon prior work in the course, formulate and communicate your planned research,  research project in oral and written formats
  • critically analysing and synthesising relevant literature
  • identifying a problem/issue/question
  • collecting data and analysing the results
  • reflecting critically on the project, drawing conclusions and making recommendations
  • communicating the project
  • building professional networks
  • developing showcase pieces for inclusion in professional portfolios

Learning Approaches

In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:

  • tutorials
  • workshops
  • online readings and learning materials
  • self-paced and blended learning

This unit primarily adopts a self-directed learning approach, where you are expected to execute a scholarly research project. You will be allocated a supervisor who will provide regular individual or group consultations. A cohort-based workshop approach to project supervision will be undertaken, where you will meet regularly with your supervisor and to share your project progress and challenges, receive peer and supervisor feedback and to support the development of key capabilities required to successfully conduct your project.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will be in regular contact with your supervisor who will provide you with feedback on your work. These regular meetings may be a combination of individual or group face-to-face or virtual meetings. Opportunities for peer feedback on your research and writing will be provided in workshops and/or via online tools, and as part of Assessment 1. You will receive feedback from teaching staff on your initial proposal and plan, and summative feedback on your project presentation and completed project.

Assessment

Overview

The ability to apply advanced knowledge and skills with a high level of autonomy is a hallmark of postgraduate education at the Masters level. By undertaking a scholarly piece of work, this unit gives you the opportunity to consolidate, extend and apply the skills that you have gained to date in an area that is relevant to your field of study and professional practice, by demonstrating creativity and initiative to analyse, synthesise and develop knowledge.

Assessment task 1 asks you to present your research project proposal, building on the work you have completed in HLN707, which is a prerequisite to this unit. You are expected to present orally your planned research project and provide and receive feedback on presentations. You will submit a video recording of your research project proposal presentation.

For Assessment task 2, you will complete a scholarly project that demonstrates a critical understanding of a problem/issue/question in Health Management, critically interprets findings, draws conclusions and, as appropriate, makes recommendations for future work in the area. On commencing this unit, you will liaise with the teaching staff to define the scope, expectations, learning activities and time frame for your project. You will complete a 5000 word structured review. The structured review is a focused piece of scholarly writing that culminates learning and development in Master of Health Management and Leadership.

As a capstone type unit, the design of assessment tasks as proposed here consolidates critical learning and topic areas completed in PU84 and enables students to demonstrate such learning throughout the course.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Presentation of Project Proposal

You will take on the role of a researcher or health manager and give an oral presentation to propose an area of research to your peers seeking feedback and input. The presentation will include the key question/s to be posed through the project, the rationale and significance of the research area to health management.

You will also be required to peer review other students project presentations to provide constructive feedback.

Weight: 30
Length: 10 min presentation
Individual/Group: Individual
Due (indicative): Week 5
Related Unit learning outcomes: 1, 2, 5

Assessment: Research Paper

In your role as a health manager/researcher, you will disseminate your findings through a structured review to inform ethical, evidence-based health management and policy decisions. This structured review will synthesise the key literature relevant to your identified research question. You will critically analyse findings and make practical recommendations, as appropriate, for how they may be applied to healthcare contexts.

This assignment is eligible for the 48 hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Weight: 70
Length: 5000 word research paper
Individual/Group: Individual
Due (indicative): Week 13
Related Unit learning outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

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.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. Dependent upon the project undertaken you may need to consult with the relevant Project director to determine if a risk assessment is required.

Course Learning Outcomes

This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.

PU87 Master of Health Management and Leadership

  1. Design innovative and strategic responses to health leadership and management challenges to improve consumer, community, organisational and system level outcomes.
    Relates to: Research Paper
  2. Critique and engage in research to inform ethical, evidence-based health management and policy decisions.
    Relates to: Presentation of Project Proposal, Research Paper
  3. Apply reflective practice to professionally develop self and others.
    Relates to: Presentation of Project Proposal