Instructor Information

Instructor	Email	Phone, Office Location
Dr. Tai Ying Lee	taiying@hku.hk	3917 1586, MW761
Dr. Lawrence Ng	manwa@hku.hk	3917 1582, MW759

General Information

Description

These two courses represent the capstone experience in which students are expected to integrate, extend, criticize, and apply knowledge of speech, language, hearing and swallowing sciences and disorders gained during the previous undergraduate program. Students will engage in the entire process of research endeavor, including developing and conducting a specific research study by analysing, evaluating, and integrating of research studies in the field of communication sciences and disorders.

Expectations and Goals

Students are expected to demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, flexibility and adaptability of collaborating with their peers, as well as effective oral and written communication skills. Additionally, students are expected to be aware of standard ethical standards of carrying out a research project by successfully obtaining research ethical clearance for their research projects. Finally, students are expected to apply theory to practice to critically analyse case assessment data, form a diagnosis, and carry out an intervention.

Class Meetings

Time: Fridays, 9:30am-12:20pm

Venue: MW 750-753 (except for the sessions on EndNote Workshop, Proposal Sharing and Poster Presentation)

Course Objectives

To provide students with the opportunity to conduct a research study/systematic review under supervision;
To help students develop transferable skills such as teamwork in the case of group project, workload and time management, and verbal and written communication, along with speech-hearing-voice-related content and technical skills, which are expected in a working environment for their profession; and
To foster students’ abilities to critically analyze, evaluate, and collect information; and reinforce evidence-based inference and practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Conduct an in-depth review and a critical analysis of the literature in an area/ topic of speech-language pathology using knowledge of research methods and statistics
Identify and formulate research questions and hypotheses for the chosen area
Understand a range of research methods and design a research study with sound methodology to address the research questions
Properly and ethically conduct research study
Establish collaborative and professional relationships with supervisors, the research team, research participants and other professionals
Demonstrate an increasing awareness of research in speech-language pathology and ability to be involved in research
Properly and ethically conduct research study
Properly analyze the data and logically interpret the results
Demonstrate the ability to present a written research report that is suitable for publication in a scientific journal
Demonstrate the ability to clearly disseminate research findings to the community professionals in scientific meetings
Establish collaborative and professional relationships with supervisors, the research team, research participants and other professionals
Demonstrate an increasing awareness of research in speech pathology and ability to be involved in research
Critically analyze and interpret assessment data and formulate diagnoses
Integrate information about a client and identify additional information required to plan evidence- based intervention methods
Develop evidence-based intervention plans for clients, adhering to the principles of the ICF

These outcomes will be achieved by your:

Participation in research seminars
Meeting with supervisors
Engagement in individual and group work

Assessment

For SHSC5034 Research in Human Development and Communication Disorders I

You will submit a research proposal of your research project with an abstract not exceeding 150 words, and a total word count of 2,000 words, including research background, methodology, data analysis plan, and footnotes, but not the title page, abstract, tables and figures and their captions, references, and appendix.

Submission deadline: 12:00 noon, November 30, 2022 (Wednesday).

For SHSC5036 Research in Human Development and Communication Disorders II

You will submit a report of your research project with an abstract not exceeding 200 words, and a total word count of 4,000 words, including main text, footnotes, references and appendices, but excluding title page, abstract, tables and figures.

Submission deadline: 12:00 noon, April 28, 2023 (Friday).

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Schedule of Seminars and Events

Date	Venue	Seminar	Instructor
Sep 9, 2022 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 1: Conducting Literature Review	Dr Ng
Sep 16, 2022 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 2: Research Proposal Preparation	Dr Ng
Sep 23, 2022 (Friday)	E-Learning Lab, G/F, Main Library	Seminar 3: EndNote Workshop on APA Citation	Ms Connie Kwong
Sep 30, 2022 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 4: Methods – Subjects, Procedures and Design	Dr Ng
Oct 7, 2022 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 5: Application for Ethical Approval	Dr Lee
Oct 21, 2022 (Friday)	JLG05, G/F James Hsiong Lee Science Building	Project Proposal Sharing	Dr Lee & Dr Ng
Oct 28, 2022 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 6: APA Format & Avoiding Plagiarism	Dr Lee
Oct 28, 2022 (Friday) 12:00 noon	—	Deadline for Ethics Application	—
Nov 30, 2022 (Friday) 12:00 noon	—	Deadline for FYP Proposal Submission	—
Feb 17, 2023 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 7: Review of Statistics	Dr Ng
Mar 3, 2023 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 8: Data Presentation	Dr Lee
Apr 21, 2023 (Friday)	MW 750-753	Seminar 9: Effective Poster Presentation	Dr Lee
Apr 28, 2023 (Friday) 12:00 noon	—	Deadline for FYP Report Submission	—
May 26, 2023 (Friday)	TBD	Poster and Oral Presentation	Dr Lee & Dr Ng