Module overview
Healthcare professionals should be able to engage with different forms of inquiry (such as research, audit and service evaluation) and understand how these can help inform practice. This module begins by focusing on the reasons we carry out research and other forms of inquiry, how questions arise from practice, and how we attempt to answer them.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to develop questions relevant to clinical practice that can be answered by undertaking research OR evidence synthesis
- Demonstrate ethical reasoning in the planning and design of research or service evaluation projects
- Critically evaluate relevant information to inform your understanding of healthcare practice and evidence synthesis.
- Describe, apply, and interpret quantitative and/or qualitative approaches used in the analysis of data relevant to a proposed project or supplied dataset.
- Demonstrate understanding and application of the main research designs and approaches used to evidence or evaluate health and social care
- Conduct systematic evidence searches using relevant databases and search strategies.
Syllabus
This module will introduce you to different types of inquiry (empirical research, service evaluation, or scoping / systematic literature review) and explain their role within professional practice. It will also provide an overview of methods used to carry out such inquiries and the steps needed to plan a project.
The module begins with an overview of why we carry out research and other forms of inquiry and how to formulate questions that can be answered through empirical research, service evaluation, or scoping / systematic literature reviews. This is followed by content relating to the principles of how we generate knowledge using quantitative and qualitative methods. This will include learning about methods of sampling, data collection and analysis and how they relate to one another. You will also learn about the important ethical and governance considerations that ensure an inquiry can be carried out with minimal risk.
This knowledge will allow you to plan and describe a protocol (whether for empirical research, service evaluation, or scoping / systematic literature review), or complete microproject with emphasis upon analysis and interpretation supported by a project supervisor.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
This module will be taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches including:
? Face to face Lectures
? Pre-recorded sessions
? Seminars
? Guided independent study
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 10 |
| Independent Study | 120 |
| Blended Learning | 20 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Dawn-Marie Walker. An introduction to health service research.
Pranee Liamputtong. Research methods in health; foundations for evidence-based practice.
David Culliford. Applied statistical considerations for clinical researchers.
Ann Bowling. Research methods in health.
Christine P. Dancey, John G. Reidy, Richard Rowe. Statistics for the health sciences; a non-mathematical introduction .
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Written critical appraisal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External