Integrating Evidence into Practice
UndergraduateLTU-HEA2012025
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Gain skills to research, develop and refine practice-related questions. Create database search systems to find and use evidence. Assess the strength of evidence in practice. Consider and measure performance as an evidence-based practitioner.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Integrating Evidence into Practice
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Ask, and develop and refine, relevant and answerable practice-related questions using a structured approach.
- Acquire evidence relevant to practice by developing and implementing complex and comprehensive search strategies applicable to databases and other repositories of evidence.
- Appraise scientific evidence that underpins nutrition science research and collaborate to reach a group decision on study quality.
- Analyse and interpret different types of data, commonly generated in nutrition science research, using appropriate methods and following ethical research principals.
- Integrate evidence with your discipline knowledge with consideration given to the practice context.
- Evidence-Based Practice
- NHMRC Hierarchy of Evidence
- Systematic Reviews
- Description and Summary of Quantitative Data
- Case Control Studies
- Understanding Confidence Intervals and p-values
- Sampling in Quantitative Research
- Cohort Studies
- Measurement Processes and Measurement-Related Issues
- Qualitative Studies
- Randomised Control Trials
In this subject, you will gain knowledge and skills that are needed to: develop answerable practice-related questions; develop and implement complex and comprehensive database searches to acquire and apply evidence that is relevant to practice related questions; appraise the strength of evidence acquired and reflect on your own performance in applying the answer to practice. During the course of this learning, you will begin to develop an understanding of research processes and, thereby, develop 'research literacy' as an essential tool for health practice and for the utilisation of research evidence in practice. Relevant aspects of research methods are introduced, and you will acquire knowledge relating to the selection and use of measures and/or tests that are used in research and in practice in your discipline.
- Develop a research question and database search (equivalent 600 words) (15%)
- One 1,450 word assignment (40%)
- One 1,700 word report (45%)
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- 17
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 18
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HUN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HBFN
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed HLT2IEP (Integrating Evidence Into Practice) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - A good internet connection is required due to the online delivery.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
18 student respondents between 19 Feb - 9 Sept 2024.
88%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
UndergraduateLAT-HUN-DEG