RESEARCH METHODS AND EBN
| METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH (1 credits) | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS (2 credits) |
| LABORATORY ON RESEARCH METHODS (2 credits) |
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course aims to enable the student to know and to understand the essential elements of the methodology of nursing research, also in order to achieve the ability to use the knowledge and understanding gained in planning a literature search for the preparation of the thesis and thereafter for the conduct of a professional activity based on "Evidence-based nursing".
Learning Outcomes
The student at the end of the course, will have to demonstrate knowledge and understanding about:
- The meaning of EBN
- The meaning of the scientific journal
- The meaning of quantitative research and qualitative research
- The methods of structuring of a scientific article
- The meaning of the database and how to use the most important databases
The student also, applying the knowledge and understanding acquired, must be capable of:
- Interpret the contents of a scientific article
- Finding, using keywords, scientific documentation on the databases
Prerequisites
no one
Course contents summary
The course of Research Methodology and EBM includes lectures designed to provide the student with knowledge and understanding of elements of statistics and epidemiology useful for the planning of scientific research as well as elements of building a scientific research both qualitative and quantitative. The course includes a laboratory that then repeats the themes that are carried out through lectures in other modules. The practical activity practical activity is to work with experienced researchers with active participation in the search path. Issues such as the evaluation of the quality of a scientific journal, the meaning of a bibliographic citation, the analysis of catalogs and bibliographic banks, the choice of keywords, the construction of a scientific publication can be addressed in the field.
Course contents
LABORATORY
1. Sources of Information in Medicine
a. scientific Communication
b. scientific journals
c. Referee System
d. Impact Factor
and. Structure of a scientific paper
f. The bibliographic citation
2. Secondary sources of information
a. Tools access to primary documents: catalogs and bibliographic databases
b. What are they, what are they
3. The Catalogues
a. Research in the OPAC
b. Structure of an OPAC
c. How to query
4. Electronic journals
a. What are they, how shall consult
b. The catalog of electronic journals SFX
5. EXERCISES
6. The bibliographic databases
a. Philosophy and structure of a bibliographic database
b. Structure of records
c. Indexing mode
7. The search in bibliographic databases
a. Search with the term free
b. Search by thesaurus
c. Boolean operators
d. Methods and research strategies
8. The software querying PubMed
9. Comparison of PubMed and CINAHL
10. EXERCISES
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Outline of drawings of research studies
2. Critical evaluation of studies
3. Introduction to Qualitative Research
a. the tools of qualitative research
4. Introduction to Quantitative Research
a. the tools of quantitative research
5. The thesis project
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
1. Population and sample
2. Elements of descriptive statistics (position indices, variability and shape)
3. Elements of statistical inference (hypothesis testing)
a. power of the study and choice of the statistical test
4. Introduction to Epidemiology
Recommended readings
no one
Teaching methods
Lectures with the use of audio-visual aids and classroom discussion, short lectures in small groups with the use of a PC and practical activity of research carried out by experienced researchers.
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment of the achievement of the objectives of the course includes a practical test of literature search using PC. Through the analysis of the student's ability to perform a literature search on the themes proposed by the examiners will be determined whether the student has achieved the aim of applying the acquired knowledge.
