Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Research Methods in Dentistry
Course Code
ZTMVK_058
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Dentistry
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Dentistry
LQF
All Levels
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sergio Andres Uribe Espinoza
Structure Unit Manager
Anda Brinkmane
Structural Unit
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide students with knowledge, skills and competencies so that they can find answers to clinical questions with scientific methods. The course provides students with knowledge of what evidence-based dentistry means, study designs, research methodology and ethics; principles of reading, quality assessment and writing of publications. Students will develop the ability to search, critically appraise scientific literature and interpret results of scientific studies; learn research design, writing a research protocol, perform data collection and analysis, writing a manuscript.
Preliminary Knowledge
Dental public health, biostatistics.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• Will be able to classify research designs. • Will know the expected results of each research design and the ways of their expression. • Will be able to describe research methods. • Will know the research protocol development process. • Will be able to explain the evaluation criteria of publications. • Will know the data processing process and statistical tests required for the analysis of results. • Will know the guidelines for writing a research report and publication for each research design.
Skills
1.• Will perform a search of the literature to find answer to a clinical question. • Will apply guidelines for the evaluation of scientific publications. • Will be able to apply the results of scientific publications in clinical situations. • Will apply guidelines for the writing a research protocol. • Will be able to perform the simplest data processing and analysis tasks. • Will be able to communicate about the results of scientific research (oral and writing skills).
Competences
1.Using the acquired knowledge of the basics of scientific methodology will be able to independently solve clinical issues, searching, analyzing and critically evaluating scientific publications; with the support will be able to plan and conduct new research considering the FAIR principles.
Assessment
Individual work
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After each lecture, students will be offered activities for in-depth research of the topic; after the lessons, students will have to submit an independent assignment; during the semester, students will prepare a research protocol on a topic of student's choice and a presentation of this protocol for the last seminar of the course.
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Examination
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The student prepares a research protocol for a research topic of his / her choice. The protocol includes title, administrative issues, abstract, introduction, research question, aim, hypothesis (according to research design), description of research methods according to the selected research design, financial planning, time schedule (Gantt chart), research risks, results to be achieved and bibliography.
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Students formulate a question in PICO format; search for evidence in biomedical databases; select the best available evidence; is reading and critically appraising the validity of the available information; synthesize and integrate new information with their clinical judgment; assess the relevance and applicability of the available evidence to the treatment of your patient.
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Seminars will be organized in the e-learning environment using the activity "Workshop"; evaluations will consist of 40% teacher evaluation + 30% peer evaluation + 30% evaluation of the performed evaluations.
The exam grade is formed as a cumulative grade from all tests:
0.3 * (1% evaluation of the 1st seminar + 19% evaluation of the 2nd seminar + 80% evaluation of the 3rd seminar) + 0.7 * (70% evaluation of the protocol + 30% evaluation of the protocol presentation)
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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E-Studies platform
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Clinical question and search of the evidence
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Study design – prevalence studies
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Study design – prevalence studies
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Study design – cohort and case-control studies
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Study design – cohort and case-control studies
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Study design – clinical trials
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Study design – clinical trials
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Study design – systematic review
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Writing a research protocol
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Data entry, workflow and cleaning
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Data analysis: Descriptive analysis
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Data analysis: Data Visualization and Tables
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Data analysis: Inferential analysis
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Writing a manuscript – introduction and methods
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Preparing a presentation for conference – abstract, poster and oral presentation
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Presentation of selected research protocols
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Maldupa I, Uribe S. Ko nozīmē uz pierādījumiem balstīta zobārstniecība? Zobārstniecības raksti. 2014;(1):35–41.
2.
Richards D, Lawrence A. Evidence based dentistry. Br Dent J. 1995 Oct 7;179(7):270–3.
3.
Emanuel EJ. What Makes Clinical Research Ethical? JAMA. 2000 May 24;283(20):2701–11.
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Grimes DA, Schulz KF. An overview of clinical research: the lay of the land. Lancet. 2002 Jan 5;359(9300):57–61.
5.
Richards D. Evidence-based Dentistry: Managing Information for Better Practice. Quintessence Pub.; 2008. 142 p.
Additional Reading
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Sale JEM, Amin M, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, Guyatt GH, et al. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VIII: How to appraise an article based on a qualitative study. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Aug 1;146(8):623–30.
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Brignardello-Petersen R, Carrasco-Labra A, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: IV: How to use an article about harm. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Feb 1;146(2):94–101.e1.
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Brignardello-Petersen R, Carrasco-Labra A, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: III: How to appraise and use an article about therapy. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Jan 1;146(1):42–9.e1.
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Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Azarpazhooh A, Glick M, Guyatt GH. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: X: How to avoid being misled by clinical studies’ results in dentistry. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Dec 1;146(12):919–24.
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Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VI: How to use a systematic review. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Apr 1;146(4):255–65.e1.
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Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Neumann I, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VII: How to use patient management recommendations from clinical practice guidelines. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 May 1;146(5):327–36.e1.
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Brignardello-Petersen R, Carrasco-Labra A, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: V: How to appraise and use an article about diagnosis. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Mar 1;146(3):184–91.e1.
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Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Krahn M, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, et al. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: IX: How to appraise and use an article about economic analysis. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 2015 Sep 1;146(9):679–89.e1.
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Baccaglini L, Shuster JJ, Cheng J, Theriaque DW, Schoenbach VJ, Tomar SL, et al. Design and statistical analysis of oral medicine studies: common pitfalls. Oral Dis. 2010 Apr;16(3):233–41.
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Brignardello-Petersen R, Carrasco-Labra A, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: understanding and applying the principles of EBD. J Am Dent Assoc. 2014 Nov;145(11):1105–7.
11.
Hall GM. How To Write a Paper. John Wiley & Sons; 2012. 176 p.
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Greenhalgh T. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine. John Wiley & Sons; 2014. 284 p.
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Lesaffre E. Statistical and methodological aspects of oral health research. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons; 2009.
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Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW, Fletcher GS. Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012. 272 p.
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Hulley SB, Cummings SR, Browner WS, Grady D, Newman TB. Designing Clinical Research. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013. 367 p.