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Study Course Description
Research Methods in Care II
Course Code
MDAK_300
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Nursing Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Inga Millere
Structure Unit Manager
Kristaps Circenis
Structural Unit
Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak@rsu.lv, +371 67061568
About Study Course
Objective
To develop an understanding of the analysis of data generated by care research and the skills to apply appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation that will contribute to evidence-based care research.
Preliminary Knowledge
Research Methods in Nursing Studies I, Statistical Methods
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.The student knows the principles of sampling in care research and the methods of analysing the data obtained. The student knows the principles of interpretation of research results to determine the statistical and clinical significance.
Skills
1.As a result of completing the study course, students will know how to prepare a scientific project (Master’s thesis) application; select the most appropriate research design, sample and appropriate statistical analysis method; interpret research results.
Competences
1.Will be able to independently formulate and answer a research question in the field of health care; acquire, select and analyse information obtained in research of health care problems in accordance with the basic principles of scientific methodology.
Assessment
Individual work
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Preparing for seminars and test work using study literature. Work with scientific literature – searching databases for scientific articles on various research topics in health care and medicine, analysing and describing the articles, and submitting the description.
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Examination
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Examination |
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Assessment on a 10-point scale. A research project prepared for the final examination that is substantiated with scientific literature, research objective, hypothesis/research question are formulated appropriately and coherently, appropriate research design is chosen for the research project and a justified research instrument appropriate to the topic is developed.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Current process of the study course. Data acquisition and sources. Primary and secondary data. Study sample and sample size. Random and systematic errors. Probability sample, non-probability sample, representative sample vs unrepresentative sample
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Current process of the study course. Data acquisition and sources. Primary and secondary data. Study sample and sample size. Random and systematic errors. Probability sample, non-probability sample, representative sample vs unrepresentative sample
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Research sample and population analysis in care research, descriptive and inferential statistical methods; Parametric and non-parametric static analysis methods, application thereof in care research
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Comparison of two independent groups and two dependent groups on the same attribute in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods. Analysis and presentation of published studies with interpretation of study results to determine the statistical and clinical significance.
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Auditorium
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Comparison of three or more dependent and independent groups on the same attribute in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods; Analysis and presentation of published studies with interpretation of study results to determine the statistical and clinical significance
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Analysing the relationship between two attributes and three or more attributes in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods; Analysis and presentation of published studies with interpretation of study results to determine the statistical and clinical significance
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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Analysis of current care research, Comparison of two independent groups and two dependent groups on the same attribute in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods, interpretation of data
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Analysis of current care research, Comparison of two independent groups and two dependent groups on the same attribute in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods, interpretation of data
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Auditorium
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Analysis of current care research, analysis of research sample, probability vs non-probability sample, representative vs unrepresentative sample
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Analysis of current care research, Comparison of three or more dependent and independent groups on the same attribute in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods, interpretation of data.
Analysis of current care research, Analysing the relationship between two attributes and three or more attributes in care research; Parametric methods and Non-parametric methods, interpretation of data
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Auditorium
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Presentation of the draft study.
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Presentation of the draft study.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Pētniecība: teorija un prakse; Kristīnes Mārtinsones, Anitas Piperes, Daigas Kamerādes zinātniskajā redakcijā; Rīga : RaKa, ©2016.
2.
Mārtinsone Kristīne, Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes, Rīga, RaKa, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Kroplijs, Artūrs. Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs / Artūrs Kroplijs, Malgožata Raščevska ; Rīga : RaKa, 2010. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
Kristapsone Silvija, Zinātniskā pētniecība studiju procesā: mācību grāmata augstskolu sociālo zinātņu studiju programmu studentiem, Rīga Biznesa augstskola Turība, c2008. (akceptējams izdevums)
5.
Geske Andrejs, Grīnfelds Andris, Izglītības pētniecība: mācību grāmata augstskolu izglītības un pedagoģijas profesionālo un akadēmisko studiju programmu studentiem, Rīga, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
6.
Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana / Kristīnes Mārtinsones un Anitas Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā, 2019
7.
Zinātniskā pētniecība studiju procesā / Silvija Kristapsone. 2014
8.
KP Suresh and S Chandrashekara; Sample size estimation and power analysis for clinical research studies, J Hum Reprod Sci. 2012 Jan-Apr; 5(1): 7–13.
9.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
10.
KP Suresh and S Chandrashekara; Sample size estimation and power analysis for clinical research studies, J Hum Reprod Sci. 2012 Jan-Apr; 5(1): 7–13.
Additional Reading
1.
Spila, Daiga. Pasaules medicīnas citējamo žurnālu datubāze PubMed un informācijas meklēšanas iespējas: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. – Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013. – 76 lpp.
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Znotiņa, Inga. Uz pierādījumiem balstītas medicīnas resursi – labāko pierādījumu meklēšana un izmantošana: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. – Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014. – 49 lpp.
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R.Endacott, DipN(Lond), M. Botti RN, RM, BN, PhD, MRCNA, Clinical research 3: Sample selection, Accident and Emergency Nursing (2007) 15, 234–238.
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Research and the World Health Organization: a History of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, 1959-1999 /World Health Organization, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010.
5.
Creswell, John W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2018
6.
Hancké, Bob, Intelligent Research Design: a Guide for Beginning Researchers in the Social Sciences, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2009.
7.
Davies, Barbara, Jo Logan, Reading Research: a User-friendly Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, Toronto: Mosby/Elsevier, 2018
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Janet Houser, Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2015
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Nieswiadomy Rose Marie, Upper Saddle River N.J., Foundations of Nursing Research, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2012
10.
Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck, Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012
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Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck, Resource Manual to Accompany Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, Philadelphia [etc.]: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.
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David Colton and Robert W. Covert, 1948: Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation, San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass & Sons, c2007.
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Davies, Martin Brett, 1936-: Doing a Successful Research Pproject: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Fischer, Joel, Kevin Corcoran, Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: a Sourcebook, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
15.
Carol Boswell, Sharon Cannon, Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2020
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Marshall, Patricia A., Ethical Challenges in Study Design and Informed Consent for Health Research in Resource-Poor Settings, Geneva: World Health Organization on behalf of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 2007.
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Zevia Schneider, Dean Whitehead, Doug Elliott, Nursing & Midwifery Research: Methods and Appraisal for Evidence-based Practice, Sydney; New York: Mosby/Elsevier, c2007
18.
Patricia L. Munhall, Nursing Research: a Qualitative Perspective, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007
19.
Bonnie Steinbock, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
20.
Turabian, Kate L., 1893-1987., revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.: A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, Chicago; London University of Chicago Press, 2018
21.
Ann Bowling and Shah Ebrahim, Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis, Maidenhead, England; New York, NY: Open University Press, 2005
22.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
23.
Nieswiadomy Rose Marie, Upper Saddle River N.J., Foundations of Nursing Research, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2012
24.
Janet Houser, Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2015
25.
Turabian, Kate L., 1893-1987., revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.: A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, Chicago; London University of Chicago Press, 2018
26.
Marshall, Patricia A., Ethical Challenges in Study Design and Informed Consent for Health Research in Resource-Poor Settings, Geneva: World Health Organization on behalf of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 2007.
27.
Turabian, Kate L., 1893-1987., revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.: A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, Chicago; London University of Chicago Press, 2018