Dissertation Assignment -

Topic - Is there a link between Vegetarianism and a Reduce in cancer risk?

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES -

AIMS -

1. To introduce you to the principles and practice of health research

2. To introduce you to the different types of research in health and social care

3. To equip you with basic knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative secondary data analysis

4. To enable you complete a dissertation as part of your degree.

LEARNING OUTCOMES - On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

Knowledge -

1. Demonstrate specialist knowledge of a specific topic within the field of health and social care.

2. Demonstrate an ability to evaluate methodological frameworks as appropriate to health and social care settings.

3. Demonstrate an ability to evaluate either theoretical or contextual frameworks as appropriate to health and social care setting.

Skills -

4. Plan and execute a programme of independent study.

5. Produce a high-quality report that includes sections relating to literature review; methodology; findings; and discussion.

6. Acquire skills to collate and synthesize both empirical and theoretical information using bio-psycho-social informed explanations covered in the programme.

Values and attitudes -

7. Appreciate the influence of different (community, social, organisational, etc.) values and practices in researching health and social care.

8. Appreciate the importance of both measuring (quantitative research) and in-depth exploration (qualitative research) of problems in the health and social care sector.

ASSESSMENT - RESEARCH PROPOSAL - The underlying approach to this module is continuous assessment - formative and summative, cumulating into a dissertation which is summatively assessed. Accordingly, you will be assessed twice. In the first assessment, you will submit a research proposal for your research. The proposal will be 4,000 words. The structure of the research proposal is available on Canvas. The research proposal is due in March 2018.

DISSERTATION - In the second assessment, you will collect data, analyse it, write up and draw conclusions and recommendations. The structure of the dissertation is on Canvas. The dissertation will be 10,000, including the 4,000 from the proposal. This word limit may be less or more by 10%. You will be penalized if you violate this word limit. The complete dissertation is due by the end of Term III in July 2018.

The assessment will test the following:

• Whether you have achieved the learning outcomes outlined in section 4;
• Whether you have used relevant literature in your dissertation;
• Whether you are referenced your work and done it correctly;
• Whether your output/dissertation (text, figures, spelling, etc.) is accurate;

Attachment:- Assignment Files.rar