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2011 MBBS Honours Introduction and Overview Di Eley MBBS Research Coordinator. 2011 MBBS Honours – Contacts A/Prof Di Eley MBBS Research Coordinator Skye To Phase 2 MBBS Administration Officer – Clinical Year 3 Alysha Johnson Administration Officer – Clinical Year 4
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2011 MBBS Honours Introduction and Overview Di Eley MBBS Research Coordinator
2011 • MBBS Honours – Contacts • A/Prof Di Eley • MBBS Research Coordinator • Skye To • Phase 2 MBBS Administration Officer – Clinical Year 3 • Alysha Johnson • Administration Officer – Clinical Year 4 • Belinda Marsden-Smedley • MBBS Education Program Manager
PROTOCOL FOR OFFERS From the Handbook: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS (page 6) The minimum eligibility criterion for entry into the Honours program is a GPA of 6.5. Additionally students must have achieved satisfactory clinical performance in Year 2. **Students who are already engaged in a research project, under supervision of a SOM researcher, but who do not fulfil the eligibility criteria but may contact the MBBS Research Coordinator to discuss options.
WHAT IS REQUIRED (Handbook pg 9 &10) • Four Assessment Tasks • Oral presentation of your Project Plan • Literature Review - MEDI 3009 • Project Plan and Methodology • Thesis • All within an 18 month time frame alongside your full time MBBS Year 3 and 4 clinical rotations.
MISCELLANEOUS BITS • Deadline for acceptance:11 February 2011 • You do not have to have a project & advisor by then • Ochsner students • Ethics • Statistical assistance: inc SPSS • Timeline of Workshops • all ppts will be emailed to everyone • as many as possible will be recorded • SOM Website Information: • Link: ‘Research Options in the MBBS’
WHY DO HONOURS? • IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS • It’s HARD- your Honours assessment becomes part of your overall marks for Year 3 and Year 4 which determines your ‘Class of Honours’ • Your SUPERVISOR – choose carefully • Define the SCOPE of your project • Decision between you and your Supervisor
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS • Be Strategic • Choose a topic YOU are interested in and will build on your future career • But don’t get carried away.........
THE BOTTOM LINE • Honours is to prepare you to do a RHD - it is NOT a RHD • Vital to discuss the ‘scope of your project’ with your supervisor BEFORE you map out your research • We want to see a thesis that addresses every aspect of the Research Process • Take a question/observation & turn it into a RQ/hypothesis, • Present the relevant literature around your RQ • Design a study that includes methodology to answer RQ • Undertake methods to collect necessary data to analyse, • Report your findings, • Discuss your findings, and • Make conclusions based on those findings. • Most Important • Demonstrate a solid understanding of the Research Process
Be Strategic • Have a GOAL for your Honours • interested in research - career potential • want to eventually do an MPhil or PhD • want some research experience • aim for a publication!! • So yes Think Big • But not too big..........