ILP Assessment Overview
Literature review (ILP1)
At the end of the first 8 week period students will submit a literature review (maximum 3000 words, excluding references, figure legends and tables) that presents a scholarly account of the literature relevant to their area of study. The review will be assessed as satisfactory or unsatisfactory by the supervisor, a copy of the review must be submitted to the portfolio system and will be viewed by the ILP committee. The project supervisor must warrant that the student is making satisfactory progress in all aspects of their project.
Supervisors report (ILP2)
At the end of the second period supervisors will submit a progress report on the student. The student’s performance will be graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
Project report (ILP3)
At the end of the ILP period students will submit a written report of the studies undertaken during their ILP. The report will be in the form of a research paper (maximum 5000 words, excluding references, figure legends and tables). The format of the report will match the format of papers in their area of research.
Key Dates
| January 2008 | Students allocated to ILPs |
07 April 2008 (Yr 4)
19 May 2008 (Yr 3) | ILP commences |
16 May 2008 (Yr 4)
11 July 2008(Yr 3) | Literature review due |
23 May 2008 (Yr 4)
18 July 2008 (Yr 3) | Supervisor’s report due |
28 November 2008 (Yr 4)
13 March 2009 (Yr 3) | Final report due |
5 December 2008 (Yr 4)
20 March 2009 (Yr 3) | Supervisor's report due |
12 December 2008 (Yr 4)
27 March 2009 (Yr 3) | Examiner's report due |
Assessment Criteria
By the end of the ILP the students will be expected to achieve the following specific goals:
- An ability and inclination to question the basis of current scientific thinking in relation to medical and public health practice.
- To retrieve literature on a topic and demonstrate a familiarity with the use of medical databases.
- To evaluate current knowledge in a field and to provide a critical appraisal of that body of knowledge.
- To identify a problem in their chosen field and to understand and participate in the process of designing a scientific investigation of the problem.
- To be aware of the ethical issues involved in medical research as applied to their area of study.
- To critically evaluate data including the appropriate use and application of analytical procedures.