TRM5003 Research methods in clinical and translational medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
TRM5003 Research methods in clinical and translational medicine is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 and Full year at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2, Full year
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 48 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before TRM5003
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After TRM5003
No unit lists TRM5003 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Pre-requisite: M6028 or M5021
Co-requisite: TRM5010
Overview
This unit will teach you how to review and evaluate the clinical and scientific literature relevant to a clinical and translational medicine discipline. You will learn how to synthesise the relevant literature and develop a research proposal. You will apply the principles of research integrity to the design of methodologies that underpin a research project, and develop foundational knowledge in statistical methods and their appropriate application to a range of scientific data. You will develop skills in oral and written communication of a clinical and translational medicine discipline, learning to build a critical narrative containing a strong justification for your aims and hypothesis related to your chosen research topic.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester to First semester | Alfred Hospital | On campus |
| Full year | Alfred Hospital | On campus |
Assessment
- Test: Induction to working with humans and animals (75 MCQs) (Pass/Fail)Quiz / Test-
- Ethics: Essay (2,000 words)Written30%
- Statistics: Applied assignment (40 SAQs)Written30%
- Discipline specific: Quiz series (4 x quizzes x 10 MCQs)Quiz / Test16%
- Discipline specific: Poster and oral presentation (5 mins oral presentation with 5 mins Q&A)Presentation24%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Integrate the principles of research integrity to the proposed methodology and research project.
- 2
Recognise the breadth of moral, ethical and legal responsibilities of clinical research.
- 3
Communicate the ethical principles and responsibilities of clinical research.
- 4
Outline the breadth of statistical tests and evaluate their applicability to common research methodologies.
- 5
Apply foundational statistical tests to a range of scientific data.
- 6
Apply discipline specific techniques in biomedicine to address a scientific problem.
- 7
Critically analyse research methods.
- 8
Communicate the application of a published scientific method to a scientific audience.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachResearch activities
On-campus:
24 hours of teacher-directed learning per week delivered online and face-to-face including lectures, workshops and pre and post-learning modules.
24 hours of self-directed learning per week including private study, reading published studies, reference material and textbooks.
Total hours per week = 48 hours
You will complete online self-directed learning tasks, a major written assessment (literature review), a minor written assessment (statistics assignment), oral presentation and two MCQ tests.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Karen Alt
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Karen Alt
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for TRM5003?
TRM5003 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is TRM5003 offered?
In 2025, TRM5003 runs in Semester 2 and Full year at Alfred Hospital.
How much work is TRM5003?
The handbook expects about 48 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does TRM5003 have an exam?
No. TRM5003 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.