HSCI 4380: Critical Evaluation

HSCI 4380
Closed
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Faculty
3
Timeline
  • September 12, 2022
    Experience start
  • September 20, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 28, 2022
    Draft Proposal Completion
  • December 3, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Hospital, health, wellness & medical

Experience scope

Categories
Skills
project planning communication data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities

Scoping reviews with a health-related research question. If an organization needs to have an literature review of academic literature synthesized to answer a specific health-related research question (e.g., effectivness of a medication, device, etc). Students would work with the organization to develop a proposal of a very targeted research question and then final report. Students will not be conducting primary research but rather will be doing secondary analysis of existing research.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
20 learners
Project
25 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will collaborate with the organization to co-develop a focused proposal, conduct the literature review, and summarize the literature in a report. Students also present the proposal and final report which is done virtually/online.

Project timeline
  • September 12, 2022
    Experience start
  • September 20, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 28, 2022
    Draft Proposal Completion
  • December 3, 2022
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

In the past students have worked on projects to examine specific medications (e.g, Cannabis), devices, and other types of interventions (e.g., behavioural) and whether they make a difference for given outcomes (e.g., symptom reduction, quality of life).

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.