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SURG6006: Surgical Research 6

2024 unit information

This course builds a basis for the acquisition of research skills in an area of relevance to surgical practice. The student will demonstrate skills of writing and communication research including developing an ability to translate research to a lay audience. This unit will culminate in the submission of a research dissertation.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Surgery
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Demonstrate how to formulate a research question to address a gap in the current literature
  • LO2. Discuss how to perform a literature review and how to conduct a systematic review
  • LO3. Consider data required for your project and ethics requirements
  • LO4. Consider the methodological plan required to answer your research question
  • LO5. Determine the statistics required to answer the research question

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 Early 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote
Outline unavailable
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable

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Modes of attendance (MoA)

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