Postgraduate Course: Research 2 (CLPS12037)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | All second year DClinPsychol trainees are required to complete this course. The course will cover how to conduct small scale research projects (SSRP) such as audits and service evaluations within the NHS, how to analyse data using SPSS or NVivo, how to write for a peer reviewed publication or report. During the course trainees will encouraged to think critically about research and service implementation. Findings arising from the project will be summarised in a poster presentation format. |
| Course description |
Research 2 is a 40 credit course over the second year of training. Teaching is therefore across blocks 3 and 4. In addition, trainees are expected to dedicate private study time to this course. The teaching for this course focuses on building on skills from the Research 1 course, by covering specific research methods in more detail. The teaching consists of online materials, lectures, workshops and tutorials and focuses on: writing for publication skills, presenting a research project as a poster, systematic reviews and qualitative and quantitative analysis. Group learning is emphasised in this course. By the end of this course, it is expected that trainees will understand the importance of research in the NHS, know how to conduct a small research project or audit within a work setting, know how to present a study in the style of a peer reviewed journal article and conference poster and have a greater understanding of critical and analytical techniques (according to tutorials attended). Information about session times and lecture notes can be found online.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 32 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 2,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 1,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 7,
Fieldwork Hours 26,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
347 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Trainees will be required to submit a small scale research project written up in the format of either a peer-reviewed journal or NHS audit (using local NHS audit guidelines). In addition, the trainees will produce a poster of their research and present this in the form of a conference poster session. Trainees who are registered on the Recognition of Prior Learning route through training, as described in the Programme handbook, do not have to complete the assessment. |
| Feedback |
Summative Feedback
Feedback and provisional marks will be returned to trainees through Turnitin once all work has been returned from markers and the results collated. The SSRP will be marked independently by two members of the programme team, and you can expect detailed feedback from the first marker in all aspects of the report.
Formative Feedback
Formative feedback on this course in two ways. Firstly, your identified clinical supervisor for the SSRP will give support and advice on ideas and Implementation of the SSRP. Secondly, formative feedback will be given by Programme Team members via the Poster Presentation session. For this session, trainees will be divided into small groups for peer-feedback, and academic staff will also comment on posters. There is an expectation that all trainees will provide peer-led, constructive feedback. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the importance of evaluating and auditing clinical psychology services.
- Experience data collection within the NHS.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of writing for publication and following journal/NHS audit guidelines.
- Conduct a systematic review of research literature and appraise previous research studies.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of developing a poster.
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Reading List
Quantitative Research Methods
Barker, C., Pistrang, N. & Elliott, R. (2016). Research methods in clinical psychology: an introduction for students and practitioners (3rd edition). Malden, MA: Wiley.
Brace, N., Kemp, R. & Snelgar, R. (2021). SPSS for psychologists (7th edition). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods (4th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Clark-Carter, D. (2010). Quantitative psychological research: a student's handbook (3rd edition). Hove: Psychology Press (available electronically).
Dancey, C.P. & Reidy, J. (2017). Statistics without maths for psychology (7th edition). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Field, A.P. (2017). Discovering statistics using SPSS (5th edition). London: Sage. (available as text and online versions via library).
Hayes, A. (2022). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: a regression-based approach. New York: The Guilford Press. 3rd edition (available as physical and online versions via library. Relatively recent earlier versions are likely to be ok for most purposes).
Lang, T.A. & Secic, M. (2006). How to report statistics in medicine (2nd edition). Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis (available electronically).
McKeown, B. & Thomas, D.B. (2013). Q Methodology (2nd edition). London: Sage.
Morgan, G.A., Gliner, J.A. & Harmon, R.J. (2006). Understanding and evaluating research in applied and clinical settings. London: Erlbaum.
Tabachnick, B.G. & Fidell, L.S. (2018). Using multivariate statistics. Pearson. 7th edition (other recent editions probably mostly fine). This is a good text for multivariate stats and is well indexed, such that you can get to the section(s) you need. It is a large text and usually the online version will suffice. Available as physical and online versions via library.
Watts, S. & Stenner, P. (2012). Doing Q methodological research. London: Sage.
Blunch. N. (2013). Introduction to structural equation modelling using IBM SPSS statistics and AMOS
Qualitative Research Methods
Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing grounded theory: a practical guide through qualitative analysis. Sage.
Flick, U. (2018). Managing quality in qualitative research, 2nd Edition. London: Sage.
Lewins, A. & Silver, C. (2014). Using software in qualitative research. 2nd Edition. London: Sage.
Smith, J.A. (2015). Qualitative psychology: a practical guide to research methods. 3rd Edition. London: Sage.
Strauss, A. & Corbin, J. (2015). Basics of qualitative research: techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. 4th Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Barnett-Page, E. & Thomas, J. (2009). Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: A critical review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9(1), 59 ¿ 59.
Booth, A., Papaioannou, D., & Sutton, A. (2022). Systematic approaches to a successful literature review. 3rd Edition. London: Sage.
Cooper, H. (2017). Research synthesis and meta-analysis (5th edition). London: Sage.
Khan, K., Kunz, R., Kleijnen, J., & Antes, G. (2011). Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine (2nd edition). London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited.
Borenstein, M., Hedges, L., Higgins, J., & Rothstein, H. (2009). Introduction to Meta-analysis. Chichester: Wiley. |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/subject-areas/clinical-psychology/postgraduate-taught/doctorate |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding that is generated through personal research or equivalent work that makes a significant contribution to the development of the subject/discipline/sector.
2. Apply knowledge, skills and understanding: In a range of standard and specialised research and/or equivalent instruments and techniques of enquiry, and, In designing and executing research, investigative or development projects to deal with new problems and issues
3. Develop original and creative responses to problems and issues, whilst, applying a constant and integrated approach to critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, information and issues.
4. Communicate at an appropriate level to a range of audiences and adapt communication to the context and purpose, and, at the standard of published academic work and/or critical dialogue and review with peers and experts in other specialisms/sectors.
5. Demonstrate substantial authority and exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in professional and equivalent activities.
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| Keywords | Clinical Psychology,Research,Statistics,Small Scale,NHS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Maria Gardani
Tel:
Email: maria.gardani@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Timothy Abbot
Tel: (0131 6)50 8498
Email: Tim.Abbot@ed.ac.uk |
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