PTY4010 Honours systematic review
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PTY4010 Honours systematic review is a level 4, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Full year at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1, Semester 2, Full year
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PTY4010
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After PTY4010
1 unit list PTY4010 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: PTY2000 completed as part of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Hons) embedded honours programme.
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in course 4516 or M5021.
Overview
This unit guides the development of a 4,000 - 6,000 word systematic review of the literature. It also introduces quality assessment and critical appraisal of research reports included in the review. In doing this it serves the important role of enabling learning about best practice in research design, and the relationship between research design and the trustworthiness of research conclusions. As part of this unit, you will also complete on-line modules that introduce basic concepts in data reporting and analysis. You will have the option to select modules that address the type of data analysis most frequently encountered in the literature you are reviewing. You are also supported with individualised supervision to tailor reviews to the planned research undertaken as part of "Honours Research Proposal PTY4020". Reviews are prepared using a structure that facilitates publication of the work.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | On campus |
| Second semester | Peninsula | On campus |
| Second semester to First semester | Peninsula | On campus |
| Full year | Peninsula | On campus |
Assessment
- Systematic review (Summative)Written75%
- Weekly quizzes (Summative)Quiz / TestCompetency hurdle25%
- Professional behaviour in communication (Written or verbal) with department staffDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify e journals, databases and learning support; search data bases using sophisticated search strategies
- 2
Ask focussed and answerable questions
- 3
Appraise and critically analyse research design of papers included in the review
- 4
Demonstrate ability to use EndNote to save and sort references and format review for assessment/publication
- 5
Classify measures of health using World health Organisation classification categories
- 6
Demonstrate ability to interpret and estimate parameters associated with parametric and non-parametric data and conduct basic statistical tests for differences between two sets of data using Prism or Stata data analysis software
- 7
Define reliability and validity and compute basic reliability statistics
- 8
Recognise, define and compute odds, risk, relative risk, absolute risk and parameters associated with diagnostic test accuracy (such as specificity, sensitivity, likelihood ratios)
- 9
Extract data from reports included in the review and conduct meta-analysis using RevMan software.
- 10
Collaborate with your supervisor in completing review stages to the required level of competence and according to pre-determined time-lines.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
This 12 credit point unit requires 24 contact and private study hours per week over 12 weeks.
assessing and being assessed by peers
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PTY4010?
PTY4010 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after PTY4010?
PTY4010 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including PTY4030.
When is PTY4010 offered?
In 2025, PTY4010 runs in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Full year at Peninsula.
Does PTY4010 have an exam?
No. PTY4010 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.