Unit name | Conducting Child Health Research |
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Unit code | BRMS30010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Crawley |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Medical School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
In this unit, students will be taught about (and discuss, consider) the ethical issues to consider in child health research as well as the legal framework of conducting child health research including gaining consent and assent in children and young people. As with the other units, there will be a focus on the issues that are specific to child health research including cultural issues, developmental issues and childhood disability.
Students will then learn about why Patient and Public Involvement is important (PPI) and get involved in running Young Peoples Advisory Groups. This YPAGs are already in existence and provide the perfect opportunity for students to understand the process, ask research questions and see how children and young people can improve research.
To ensure students can make the most of their research attachment with a research team, and to prepare them for the career, they will learn about working in teams, managing and understanding other people as well as mentoring, leadership and well being.
Teaching will be provided in small group and tutorials. In addition to seminar/workshop teaching we will use peer led topic sharing/teaching which will improve students ability to teach/train as well as learn. We will provide reading lists and expect students to prepare for seminars, (similar to case based learning) prior to attending seminars.
Students will take part in and then lead and develop Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) sessions for children, young people, families and carers.
Based on the principles of programme level assessment, this unit will be co-assessed with Unit 1. Some LOs will be tested in the MCQ (See BRMS30009 unit description - 10% of the MCQ will be testing this unit, contributing to 10% of this unit mark), the majority of this assessment will be via reflective notes.
Formative Assessment: MCQ writing and practice exam (with BRMS30009). Reflective notes on Ethical issues and PPI involvement. We will use reflective notes because this are used in Medicine to encourage doctors to reflect on their practice and on their learning. These are essentially short essays (one side of A4 each) and they need to demonstrate an element of insight and thoughtfulness.
Summative assessment: The three reflective notes (Ethical issues (30% of unit) , PPI (30% of unit) and Leadership (30% of unit) will contribute a total of 90% of the unit mark. The remaining 10% will be from the MCQ exam.
Reflective notes will be graded, have a 40% pass mark, and all three are must pass. The MCQ component is not a must pass, though the mark will contribute to the overall unit grade.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.