Year 2 Paper
Full course description
The Year 2 Paper (EPH2242) is an individual assignment related to issues discussed in one of the four main content modules (EPH1024, EPH1025, EPH2021 or EPH2022) given since the Year 1 Paper. Compared to the Year 1 Paper, the Year 2 paper is more substantial and written without direct supervision. More substantial implies a more systematic approach and reviewing more studies. Furthermore, the Year 2 Paper should contain a critical appraisal of the methods employed by the studies reviewed in the paper. Without direct supervision implies peer group meetings instead of tutorial group meetings. Although there are no contact hours with teachers, students do receive teacher feedback on the research plan (content). In addition, students give and receive peer feedback.
Course objectives
Investigator:
- Writes a substantial narrative literature review paper without supervision and thereby demonstrates personal initiative in study planning
- Describes advantages and disadvantages of standard research designs and data collection
- Matches and applies intermediate-level statistical analyses to research data
- Distinguishes among various categories (i.e. types) of public health interventions at community, organization and policy levels
- Matches research methods and data analysis to specific intervention types
- Applies critical academic thinking tools to dilemmas in public health policy, practice, and scientific research
- Tests principles of research ethics and integrity against case studies from practice
- Identifies and contrasts differing targets (aims), & methods of implementing, financing and applying public health research projects
Communicator:
- Writes a substantial narrative literature review paper without supervision and thereby demonstrates personal initiative in study planning
- Writes academic material at English Level C1
- Provides constructive and insightful feedback to peers on selected assignments and group processes
Professional:
- Engages feedback from staff and students actively
- Develops strategies to promote personal growth
- Behaves in a respectful, professional and reliable manner in tutor groups, practicals and group work
- Contributes actively and positively within tutor groups and training tutorial groups