The General Theme is Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addiction and Health. And the issue you may wish to look into in your dissertation would be The Incidents of Relapses in Drug Addiction. It is a general trend that people suffering from Drug Addiction even though makes conscious spirited efforts to stop the habit find this difficult. The journal in reference was referring to a case study of 26 adolescents addicted to opioids who were smoking Marijuana just to prevent relapse back to Opioid use. Your interest in would be to look into causes for relapse in Drug Addicts
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Here is the link to “Case Reports on the Failure of Smoking Marijuana to Prevent Relapse to Use of Opiates in Adolescents/Young Adults With Opiate Use Disorder”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266711822100009X
Assessment 1.
A: (20%) of the overall mark. (Research Methods) Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.
For this assessment students will be asked to
– Search for 3 research papers (one qualitative and two quantitative) relevant to their chosen topic for the final literature review
– Summarise them in a data extraction table
-Write a short summary for each paper (200 words maximum)
-Appraise them using an appropriate CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Program) tool.
The assessment will be conducted using the Test function in the Survey/test option on blackboard
The assessment will weight 20% of the overall mark.
A2: (80% of the overall mark). Thesis submission-coursework. Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.
8000 words literature review using on a topic of choice related to the substance use or addictive disorders, using a systematic approach.
The assessment will weight 80% of the overall mark.
NOTE: I WILL NEED THE ORDER IN TWO PARTS
PART A as above and (1000 words Max) -I will need about 10 sources for this.
PART B as above (8000 words) I will need 30 sources for this minimum
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and effectively within a researcher/supervisor relationship
2. Demonstrate the ability to identify research or practice gap in a given substance use/addiction related area and formulate an appropriate research question.
3. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a critical and thorough literature review using a systematic approach in order to answer their formulated research question.
4. With competence use appropriate methods of literature searching, data extraction, critical analysis, synthesis and communication in the form of a finalised dissertation following the
conventions of a scientific journal article in their field of study.
5. To understand and critically evaluate the ethical implications of a given research project and methodology and ways to address them
Please pay attention to the Learning outcomes and present a high standard dissertation using great research methodology. Follow the instructions in Part A and B.
More information would be given as we go along
