2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MEDI1213 Research, Evaluation and Special Studies 1

Module manager: Dr Sandra Bell
Email: S.M.Bell@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Compulsory strand of MBChB programme - runs over year 1-5. For students entering via alternative routes, evidence of satisfactory teaching and academic attainment is mandatory.

Co-requisites

MEDI1204	Individuals and Populations
MEDI1214	Innovation, Development, Enterprise, Leadership and Safety 1
MEDI1215	Campus to Clinic 1
MEDI1216	Introduction to Medical Sciences
MEDI1218	RESS 1 Special Studies Project
MEDI1220	Body Systems

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module provides structured, peer to peer and independent learningand practice of research and evaluation skills. Students will be introduced to the skills needed to carry out research effectively, including how to formulate research questions, gather information from a range of sources,make judgements on the quality of this and draw conclusions.

Objectives

RESS Purpose
At graduation, a newly qualified doctor should be able to critically evaluate research findings, recognise the inherent limitations and strengths of evidence, understand how this should be used in management guidelines, and be able to evaluate application to clinical practice. They will have participated in a breadth and depth of curricular experience to develop individual evaluation and research skills.

RESS Objectives
The RESS strand is a core part of the MBChB programme, aimed at providing medical students with the opportunity to acquire, develop, and apply research and evaluation skills. RESS maps directly to Outcome 1 of Tomorrow's Doctors 2009: The Doctor as a Scholar and a Scientist: Students will apply scientific method and approaches to medical research.

The RESS strand is an integral part of the MBChB SAFER-MEDIC core curriculum, and also maps to the following Tomorrow's Doctors themes:
- Biomedical practice in medical practice (8)
- Population health and health improvement in medical practice (11)
- Scientific method & approaches to medical research (12)
- Use of information in a medical context (19)
- Reflection, learning and teaching (21)
- Learn and work effectively within a multi-professional team (22)
- Protect patients and improve care (23)

Year 1 specific objectives
- Use information gathering skills to understand your chosen topic
- To understand or develop research method
- Analyse generated data or data provided using appropriate procedures
- Present your findings
- Draw conclusions
- Evaluate
- Use Endnote to manage references

Learning outcomes
RESS strand incorporates 6 key themes:
A. Research and evaluation methods
B. Information retrieval and evidence gathering
C. Critical analysis and review
D. Data capture and processing
E. Interpreting research implications
F. Communicating research and evaluation outcomes

Syllabus

The RESS strand will consist of:
- E-Learning and lectures on relevant topics
- Skill-based exercises
- Working through a structured research project
- Special studies

The RESS strand curricular content will follow the same basic structure in each year (based on desired knowledge outcomes for that year mapped against the whole programme outcomes), for example:
- Determine need
- Formulate research question
- Identify appropriate research method
- Gather data
- Analyse, Summarise, Present
- Draw conclusions
- Evaluate

The emphasis and degree of guidance provided will vary from year to year, building on previous experience according to the spiral model of the curriculum, depending on what is introduced, practised, and assessed at each stage, but the trend will be towards more independence and less structure, from closed to open questions.

Year 1
Human Body Measurement project will provide structured peer to peer and independent learning, and practice of research and evaluation skills. Following hypothesis generation and method development, students will collect quantitative data on self and input to a central database.Anonymised class data will be analysed to test hypothesis. Tables and graphs will be used to present self and class data, and measures and spread to describe data. Data will be evaluated and complex information summarised succinctly for presentation.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	5	2.50	8.00
Tutorial	9	2.50	13.00
Private study hours			79.00
Total Contact hours			21.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Independent Online learning with completion of weekly tasks to be uploaded to the students electronic portfolio.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be required to complete tasks and document progress through an electronic portfolio throughout the entire RESS strand. This will include not only summative (assessment for progression) but also formative (assessment for learning) components with feedback to students. The portfolio will incorporate access to monitoring and tracking of students' progress towards the RESS intended learning outcomes as well as a personal developmental progress log. Monitoring of progress in this strand will be incorporated into the small groups the students will be working within through the MBChB curriculum, and thus incorporate academic and personal tutoring mechanisms.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	Human Body Measurement Project	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Students will be required to upload Library Skills and HBM tasks to their portfolio, only the final HBM report will be assessed. Year 1 RESS tasks will be recorded as non graded pass with opportunity to resit in resit period . Please refer to the MBChB Common Assessment Framework

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 04/08/2016

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