| CODE | PHL5200 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 30 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is an exercise in conducting a research study in public health, writing it up and defending it. A hypothesis or study question is posed. The literature is reviewed and the methods of study are selected. The study is then conducted and analysed. It is written up, including sections on background, methods, results, discussion and conclusions. The dissertation is then defended in front of a board of examiners. Study-unit Aims: To make the student familiar with the everyday business of research in public health. This includes the practical aspects of actually preparing and conducting the research and writing it up in order to defend it. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Conduct a research study in public health; - Be able how to defend a study in the face of constructive criticism. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Know how to conduct a good literature review and select the appropriate tools of measurement and of study design; - Know how to write up a study report; - Become familiar with simple descriptive and summarative result presentation and of further analyses; - Select the appropriate results and conclusions which emanate from the study. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Barker, Rose and Cooper. Epidemiology in medical practice. Churchill Livingstone Publishers. 5th Edition 1998. - European Health Interview Survey 2008 (Malta) - Summary Statistics (Ministry for Social Policy 2009). - European Health Interview Survey 2008 (Malta) - Utilisation of Health Care 福利在线免费 (Ministry for Social Policy 2009). - Documents at Web site of the Public Health Regulation Division at www.health.gov.mt - Annual Mortality Reports . Malta (individual annual reports from1990 - Ministry of Health and Social Policy) - Various internet, Medline and local reports published recently. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | **September Assessment Session: Students who fail to obtain an overall pass mark will be re-examined in the Dissertation. However, the resit availability for the Oral Examination is at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Dissertation | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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