Emergency Medicine (Canberra Hospital)

Unit Code

00186

Department/Institution Offering Unit

Department of Emergency Medicine
The Canberra Hospital,
ACT Australia

Unit Points

Research Points: 75

Coursework Points: 25

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Contacts

Unit Coordinator/s:

A/Prof Drew Richardson
Depratment of Emergency Medicine
The Canberra Hospital
ACT Australia

email: Drew.Richardson@act.gov.au

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Overall Objectives

• To understand the basic principles of clinical research, in particular in relation to prehospital and emergency medicine research
• To be able to design, carry out and communicate the results of original research in prehospital and emergency medicine
• To understand the barriers to high quality clinical research in prehospital and emergency medicine
• To understand the special ethical issues relating to research in prehospital and emergency medicine
• To be able to critically evaluate biomedical literature

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Content

Coursework: The two components (each 12.5 points) are:
1. Intermediate Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2. Research in Prehospital and Emergency Medicine: this unit examines the history of emergency medicine research, barriers to high quality research in prehospital and emergency medicine, research designs of particular relevance to research in prehospital and emergency medicine, the special ethical issues related to research in prehospital and emergency medicine and dissemination of evidence in the field of prehospital and emergency medicine. It comprises 5 self-learning modules, each of approximately 3 hours duration.

Research: This is the major component. It is likely that research projects will take students into clinical areas relevant to their project.

Sample Research Topics:

There are several projects available to AMS Students

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Assessment Breakdown

Research Component: 75 points
Research Report (up to 7,000 words): 80%
Oral presentation of the research (20 minutes): 20%

Coursework Component: 25 points
Intermediate Epidemiology and Biostatistics, assessed as per subject description: 12.5 points
Research in Prehospital and Emergency Medicine: 12.5 points. Two assignments of 1,500 - 2,000 words each

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Student Numbers

Number of places available:
1