Overview

This unit builds on and integrates research knowledge from previous units to develop a healthcare innovation project. Specifically, this unit will focus on understanding and evaluating systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical guidelines that inform physiotherapy practice. Additionally, students will become familiar with research proposal development process and develop a practical understanding of how research can be presented. This unit integrates skills and knowledge gained to further reinforce how research can impact on physiotherapy practice.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PHT70003 Research, Evidence and Translation
PHT70004 Leadership and Enterprise for Health Professionals

Rules

Pre-requisite
PHT70003 Research, Evidence and Translation
AND
PHT70004 Leadership and Enterprise for Health Professionals

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically appraise systematic reviews and clinical guidelines for their relevance to clinical practice
  • Synthesise and critically analyse a current area of research and produce a literature review
  • Interpret findings from systematic reviews with/without meta-analyses
  • Critically review current treatment methods and clinical guidelines and how these may differ in industry practice from research
  • Explore a healthcare innovation and develop a research project around an innovation idea
  • Examine how new evidence-based research and new innovations are implemented into the profession

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		4.00 6 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		6.00 6 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various		2.33 12 weeks 28
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		5.17 12 weeks 62
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 40% 1,3,5 
PresentationIndividual 30% 4,5,6 
PresentationIndividual 30% 1,2 

Content

  • How to conduct a systematic review of research
  • Review of current evidence based research
  • The importance of continual learning and analysis of new research
  • What is “innovation”, definitions and real world examples
  • Principles of research and current gold standards of practice
  • Conducting a self-directed research or innovation project
  • Principles of research and project finding delivery to an audience
  • Review of current literature
  • Writing and submission of a literature review
  • Limitations of research and its implications on treatment and practice scope
  • History of the physiotherapy profession and its developments in academia, research and healthcare innovation

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.