Unit of Study HLTH4001 Literature Review (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Develops students' literature review knowledge and skills in searching, critiquing, and synthesising research relevant to their discipline. Students will learn to navigate electronic databases, create search strategies, and organise research using reference management systems. Students will also learn to evaluate the strengths and limitations of scientific research. Finally, students will learn to establish a knowledge gap based on the available scientific evidence.

Unit content

Searching electronic databases and reference management
Levels of evidence and research appraisal
Types of literature reviews
Synthesising evidence
Establishing a knowledge gap
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

search electronic databases to find relevant sources of evidence

appraise research literature to establish evidence quality in their discipline

critically review research literature

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	SR
Annotated bibliography	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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