This independent supervised research project is made up of two units of study, Dissertation A (OPSC5037) and Dissertation B (OPSC5038) and provides students with the ability to undertake a medical/scientific project and follow it to completion. The dissertation is a formal academic composition of between 10,000 and 12,000 words on work performed during the student's candidature from a supervised project. The format of the project may be a systematic review of the literature, a case series, short clinical trial, survey or other project acceptable to the unit of study coordinator. This first unit, OPSC5037, provides students with a framework and feedback on the first stages of their projects including their research plan and literature review. Students will learn how to work constructively under formal academic supervision, develop a research question, complete a literature review, and display scientific thinking and apply it to ophthalmology. The dissertation units enable students to develop comprehensive knowledge of one area in the basic ophthalmic sciences or clinical ophthalmology. A candidate must enrol in a minimum of 12 credit points of dissertation units of study in order to submit their final written work.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Save Sight Institute |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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OPSC5001 and OPSC5002 and OPSC5003 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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OPSC5005 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Samantha Fraser-Bell, samantha.fraser-bell@sydney.edu.au |
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