SE756-7-AP-CO:
Critical Enquiry
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Autumn & Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 21 March 2025
30
09 August 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC B16024 Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)
This module facilitates students' knowledge and understanding of critical thinking and academic skills such as searching, retrieving, appraising and reporting evidence to allow to students to begin to engage with evidence-based practice and life-long learning.
The aims of this module are:
- To foster students’ knowledge and understanding of critical thinking and academic skills such as searching, retrieving, appraising and reporting evidence.
- To engage students with evidence-based practice and life-long learning.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Identify, retrieve and make critical judgements on a range of sources of information.
- Communicate conclusions effectively in a well-structured manner to convey complex information and ideas.
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the value in using a variety of sources of information in practice.
- Critically discuss the concept of evidence based practice in contemporary healthcare.
Indicative Syllabus:
- Hierarchy of evidence and the value of all sources of information
- Quantitative and qualitative research
- Literature searching
- Critical thinking
- Referencing
- Academic skills
- Evidence based practice
This module will be delivered via a mixture of lectures, seminars and independent learning will be used to deliver this module. For specific information, please see the module timetable and module guide.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assignment 1: 2500-word essay |
06/01/2025 |
50% |
| Coursework |
Assignment 2: 2500-word essay |
14/04/2025 |
50% |
Additional coursework information
Formative assessment:
500 word draft / plan for each essay
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Miss Kate Pittaccio, email: kate.pittaccio@essex.ac.uk.
Izzie Easton
SRES Office, email: sres (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Mrs Madeleine Nicholson
Wrexham Glyndwr University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 9 hours, 9 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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