Description
HLN710: EPIDEMIOLOGY
Assessment Task 2
Analytical Report
Semester 2 2024
QUT
Task overview
Assessment name: Analytical report critical appraisal
Task description:
The report simulates interdisciplinary and interprofessional practice in a government health agency where you are required to apply an appraisal tool to critically evaluate and synthesise an epidemiological study and then submit an analytical report detailing your response. You will be provided with a personalised and submit the report. The topic addresses a significant public health issue and the research methods explored are applicable to all health disciplines. The purpose is to show your ability to work interprofessionally in critiquing evidence-based literature and negotiating responses. The product is the analytical report. Embedded support for learning is the peer and tutor feedback on drafts and support to complete this task. The assessment requires each student working independently to undertake a critical appraisal of an epidemiological study. In partnership with another student you will subsequently discuss your critical appraisals of the study, engage in a discussion of the methods, and gain consensus where there are differences. You will then have the choice of working independently or working with your partner to prepare a final critical appraisal essay on the template provided using the questions of the prescribed critical appraisal tool.
Due date: Final Critical appraisal structured essay (individual or pair) – 14 October 2024 by 23:59 Brisbane time
Length: Individual: 3,500 words maximum (aim for 3,000 words) Joint: 4,000 words maximum. Marking stops at the word limit. There is no +10%.
Weighting: 50%
Individual/Group: Individual with Group Component (discussion)
Task details
What you need to do:
- Identify a partner for Assessment Task 2 and register your group via the sign-up with your pair link in your Canvas site no later than week 7.
- Read the Criterion-Referenced Assessment sheet.
- A personalised worksheet will be emailed to you. Please save this worksheet as your assessment must be completed on the worksheet provided. Do not alter the questions on the worksheet. You do not need to prepare a separate essay.
- Read the following article: Millar, L., Kremer, P., de Silva-Sanigorski, A., McCabe, M. P., Mavoa, H., Moodie, M., … & Swinburn, B. A. (2011). Reduction in overweight and obesity from a 3-year community-based intervention in Australia: the ‘It’s Your Move!’ project. obesity reviews, 12, 20-28.
Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/j.1467- 789X.2011.00904.x
If you are having difficulty accessing the full copy then obtain through library.qut.edu.au Trial registration: ACTRN12607000257460 https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=82009
There are additional papers published by the authors describing the same study that can provide the complete story of the research study. Find these by a literature search in the PubMed database or another Medline platform and checking references within the paper. Often researchers cited themselves in related papers, so it is always wise to check their citations on Google Scholar and the reference list in the publication provided.
- Using the Assessment 2 HLN710 Epidemiology Analytical Report Personalised template conduct your independent critical appraisal of the article. Write mostly in paragraphs, but present with dot points and in table form where appropriate.
- Upload your Personal worksheet having completed of PARTS 1 and 2 to Canvas by the due date or earlier as agreed to with your partner. You must upload a substantial draft containing detailed explanations by the final due date. The draft will be checked only at the time of marking. Failure to upload a substantial draft will result in a grade of ‘0’ for the entire assessment. Your draft must be uploaded before you exchange it with your partner.
- Exchange your completed draft template with your partner after confirming they have uploaded a draft of the same.
- Read your partner’s critical appraisal noting similarities and differences between your appraisal by working through each aspect.
- Meet with your partner online or in person to discuss and reach an agreement on differences in your critical appraisals. Discuss each point and provide evidence on where you obtained the information and the epidemiological principles you applied. A discussion is a requirement of this assessment.
- Decide if you will submit either a unique individual essay (Option 1 and receive an individual mark) or a joint essay (Option 2 and receive the same mark). Only one partner needs to submit on behalf of the pair of joint assessment.
Please Note:
- a) If you choose to submit your final copy individually, you must submit your own work and not copy from your partner without appropriate acknowledgement.
- b) Do not give your partner plagiarised material.
- c) During the grading, your pre-exchanged drafts may be reviewed to check for evidence that each student undertook substantial independent work prior to the discussion.
- Write and proofread your final critical appraisal.
- Submit to Canvas by the due date.
- Do not provide the template to anyone under any circumstances.
- The blank template file must be deleted from your computer after submission.
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