Postgraduate Course: Advanced Issues in Nursing Research (NUST11039)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course is the core subject-specific element in the MSc (R) programme and raises key questions and concerns in nursing research. The focus will be on specific topics and problems in nursing and health care research, these will be related to a more general consideration of how theory, methodological issues and research practice relate |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate critical awareness of current key issues in the production of new knowledge in nursing research.
Demonstrate critical understanding and application of complex methodological and practical issues in nursing research.
Demonstrate originality and creativity in the application of research methods in nursing.
Critically analyse the nature of evidence in nursing research and its relation to the practice of nursing.
Critically analyse and conceptualise ethical issues in nursing resaerch.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sheila Rodgers
Tel: (0131 6)51 3940
Email: S.Rodgers@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Sergio Mori Sierra
Tel: (0131 6)50 4661
Email: sergio.mori@ed.ac.uk |
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