NURSING 5111 - Critical Reading in Clinical Nursing
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2018
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code NURSING 5111 Course Critical Reading in Clinical Nursing Coordinating Unit Adelaide Nursing School Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 1 hour per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Restrictions Available to M.NurSc and G.DipNurSc students only Assessment Project outline, reading protocol and report Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Rick Wiechula
Course Coordinator: Dr Rick Wiechula
Email: rick.wiechula@adelaide.edu.auCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1 Identify a topic that is of interest to the student and directly relevant to their practice area 2 Identify literature that would appropriately inform their practice 3 Critically appraise the evidence to inform practice. 4 Synthesise the identified evidence 5 Construct a report of the critical reading project University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Pearson, A, Field, J & Jordan, Z 2007, Evidence-Based Clinical Practice in Nursing and Health Care, Blackwell Publishing, Melbourne. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course will be delivered through the Flexible Delivery Mode. External students will receive lecture notes online. All students will be allocated a supervisor to monitor and advise the student throughout the project.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
It is expected that you will need to spend about 12 hours of study a week to successfully complete this course. This includes reading, completing activities and assessments. Thus some weeks it will be more and others less. It is recommended that you plan your time commitment to the course at the beginning of the semester.Learning Activities Summary
This course is designed to encourage students to plan and pursue their own learning.
Specifically, the course is process oriented rather than content oriented. Thus, the course content consists of some broad guidelines on how to plan, carry out and report on the students reading. This study guide overviews; searching the literature, assessing the quality of a research report and writing up a systematically developed report on your reading. -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Assessment Type Weighting Learning Outcome(s) being addressed TOPIC OUTLINE Summative 0% Identify a topic that is of interest to the student and directly relevant to their practice area. PROPOSAL Formative 30% Identify literature that would appropriately inform their practice.
Critically appraise the evidence to inform practice.
Synthesise the identified evidence.REPORT Formative 70% Construct a report of the critical reading project. Assessment Detail
Assessment 1: Topic Outline
Select a topic of interest from your practice and detail why this practice may have issues of concern
Assessment 2: Reading Protocol
Develop a protocol for your review, using the protocol format provided in the study guide.
Assessment 2: Reading Report
The Report must be based on the protocol that was developed for the first assignment.
Include the following content in the report:
• the topic and your rationale for pursuing it
• the relevance of the topic to your area of practice
• the search strategy used
• a critical review of the literature found
• a conclusion which incorporates recommendations or ideas for practice.Submission
Assessments, unless otherwise stated in this study guide,
are to be submitted electronically via Assignments in MyUni on the due date
identified in this study guide. Instructions for assignment submission are
available under Tutorials at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/.
Formatting and presentation of assignments must comply with School policy as
indicated in the School Manual.
An assessment submitted via MyUni must be submitted as an
acceptable file type (i.e. .doc, .docx, .rtf .ppt, .pdf). It is also important
to submit the file such as surnamestudentid (i.e. knight1234567). MyUni stamps
all the other details against the filename once the assessment is submitted.
The assignment should be submitted as one
file, Information on avoiding plagiarism is available at www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/plagiarism/.
Contact the MyUni helpdesk on +61 8 8313 3335 or email servicedesk@adelaide.edu.au for
assistance with assignment submission.
Important note: copies of assignments
should always be kept.
Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Student Support
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- Careers Services
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- Student Life Counselling Support - Personal counselling for issues affecting study
- Students with a Disability - Alternative academic arrangements
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- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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