Fourth Master's Module "Research Methodology" Essay Submission
Following on from last week's post, this week I am talking about the last Master's assessment I submitted. It's a little bit outdated but nevertheless, I wanted to share it for my own memories, as well as to help those going through their own Midwifery Masters.
Writing this essay was a little bit of an odd one, because whilst a lot of students were writing it throughout the module, I had to finish my previous module which I had an extension for that didn't finish until October. Therefore, instead of writing from September, I didn't actually start until November, but once I started, I really got into it and fell into the zone.
The assessment involved selecting a research article and analysing the research methodology behind it, alongside using evidence to back all points and historical knowledge to build the foundations for research. I found the specification of this assessment quite prescriptive, which made it a lot easier to write than the other assessments which had much more freedom. They wanted it to be split into three parts.
- Introduction: defining research, quantitative and qualitative research and the background of my chosen research article, including contemporary facts, statistics, policies and guidance, psychosocial factors, and technical information (if appropriate) for context.
- Examines the article: methodology, samples, methods, ethics, analysis and discussion.
- Recommendations: emerging themes, application in practice, further research with both obstacles and enabling factors.
Interestingly, it also requested we add specific appendices which I a not particularly used to. It asked for the full article abstract, literature search to identify the article and a screenshot of the email approving and confirming choice with your supervisor.
As you can see, there was a clear plan of writing and I just had to keep relating the section back to my original article. As it was a topic I picked myself, it was something I was very interested in and therefore engaged and excited to write about, so I found it surprisingly enjoyable. I'm hoping the mark will reflect that.
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