Undergraduate Course: Research Methods for Nursing (NUST10041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course considers the key approaches to research in nursing and examines relevant methods of data collection and analysis and builds on the content in years 1 and 2. The course aims to familiarise students with a wide range of approaches and equip them with some basic research skills.
Reflexivity is considered in relation to understanding the impact of self, not only on research impartiality, but also on communication skills and interaction with others.
Rights and ethics of research subjects and the general public are considered in depth.
An introduction to data collection methods is seen as key, not only to research and its conduct, but also to many principles and skills of audit, data collection and analysis. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Course paper of 3000-3500 words. This will be a research proposal to investigate a nursing issue/problem. (70%)
Short report of 1000-1500 words of either analysis of qualitative or quantitative data exercise. (30%) |
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Learning Outcomes
Theoretical: On completion of the course students will have gained the ability to:
* Apply principles of rights and ethics to differing research approaches
* Critically appraise the impact of reflexivity on the research process
* Apply research methods in nursing: experiments and quasi experiments including RCTs, surveys, evaluation research, case study research, participatory research, Mixed Methods, Ethnography, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory
* Apply research tools in nursing: Interviews, observation, focus groups, questionnaires, physiological measurement
* Identify the key principles of analysing quantitative and qualitative data
* Appraise the presentation of research data and findings
Practice:
* Recognise the effect of self on communication and interaction with others
* Conduct a short research interview in a simulated situation
* Analyse qualitative data from a one to one interview
* Analyse secondary data sets using a statistical package
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sheila Rodgers
Tel: (0131 6)51 3940
Email: S.Rodgers@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Gardner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3889
Email: Kirsty.Gardner@ed.ac.uk |
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