Assessment Brief and Feedback Form

Module title: Research Methods: Evidence-based Practice in Public Health
Assessment Point: Second assessment point
Assessment task: Critical Review
Word count limit: 3000 Submission deadline: Please consult the VLE. Submission procedure: Please submit via the submission link on the VLE.
Submission Record
Extenuating circumstances
Ensure you are familiar with the process for submitting a claim for extenuating
circumstances. If you experience any extenuating circumstances that may have affected
your ability to attempt or submit the present assignment, please follow the relevant
instructions on the VLE in order to submit your claim for extenuating circumstance
prior to your submission deadline.
Academic misconduct including plagiarism
Ensure that you are familiar with the relevant regulations regarding academic
misconduct. By submitting the present assignment, you declare that it is your own work
and that the material and sources of information used, including internet sources, have
been fully identified and properly acknowledged. In addition, you confirm that the
presented work has not been submitted for any other assessment. You also acknowledge
that the faculty reserves the right to investigate allegations of plagiarism and other forms
of academic misconduct which, if proven and dependent on the severity level of the
offence, will result in a penalty that may affect your progress. Please note that any
engagement with primary research activities, including data collection is strictly
not allowed for any assignment on this module as well as in any other assignment
on the current MSc programme modules.
Late submissions
Note that all work handed in up to 3 working days after the submission deadline will be
accepted and marked but the mark will be capped at 50% (if the work passes) unless
you have been granted an extension to the submission deadline or a deferral in
accordance with the Extenuating Circumstances Policy. Work submitted more than 3
working days after the submission deadline without a granted extension to the
submission deadline or a deferral in accordance with the Extenuating Circumstances
Policy will not be accepted and will be recorded as 0%.
By submitting your work, you acknowledge that you have read and agree with the
above statements.

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General Guidance
Your assignment should be word processed (handwritten assignments are not accepted),
using time new roman size 12 font, double spaced, with numbered pages and your
student number printed as a footer on every page.
The word limits stated for this assignment excludes the reference list at the end of the
assignment but includes all text in the main body of the assignment (including direct
quotations, in-text citations, footnotes, tables, diagrams and graphs).
Please be aware that exceeding the word count limit will affect the academic judgement
of the piece of work and may result in the award of a lower mark.
Appendices are not considered a supplement, and thus, will not be assessed as part of
the content of the assignment. As such, they will not contribute to the grade awarded,
however it may be appropriate to use an Appendices section for any material which is
a useful reference for the reader. Please note that appendices are not included in the
word count.
The majority of references should come from primary sources (e.g., journal articles,
conference papers, reports, etc.) although you can also utilise area specific textbooks.
You must ensure that you use the University of Suffolk’s Harvard style of referencing.
Please indicate the word count length at the end of your assignment.
Marking and assessment
This assignment will be marked out of 100%
This assignment contributes 60% of the total module marks.
Learning outcomes assessed in this assessment

  1. Understand and critically interpret public health evidence, both quantitative and
    qualitative.
  2. Understand the basic principles of systematic reviews and meta analyses.
  3. Apply evidence to inform professional practice and decision making.
    Assessment Guidelines
    Using the public health topic identified during assessment 1, write a critical review of
    the literature, including evidence drawn from at least one systematic review. The focus

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of this critical review should be to inform a key area of professional practice and so
should represent a thorough and critical synthesis of the most recent and best evidence
available, concluding with specific recommendations for practice.
Your work should include and cover the following sections/aspects and content (as
shown and stated in the table below). The specific percentage marks allocated to each
section/aspect of your work is stated below. Please also note that the Level 7 marking
criteria (located towards the end of this assessment brief) will also be used to reflect this
overall grade. Please remember that achievement and demonstration of learning
outcomes 1, 3 and 4 is being assessed in this assessment.

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