75196 - Nursing and Midwifery Research

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student must investigate nursing and obstetric, organizational, educational care processes, related to the evolution of the population's health problems, the functioning of health and social systems and specific professionalization paths.

Course contents

Source of problems in clinical practice,

how to develop a specific research question based on the problem: role, characteristics and facilitators.

Formulating research hypothesis and

identification of variables. Clinical examples.

Literature review, conceptual framework of EBP

data banks and critical appraisal.

Designs of nursing research: clinical trials and non-experimental research: characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. Clinical examples.

Sampling designs: power of the study. Measurement and data collection, basic knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics. Ethical problems and the role of the Institutional Revision Board.         

 

The health Service Research: Features, Evolution and critical respect to clinical research
The research path: the objectives, the questions / hypotheses and research variables.
The study designs: peculiarities and weaknesses.
The indications of the Cochrane Collaboration

Readings/Bibliography

Fondamenti di Ricerca Infermieristica 2/ed
Denise F. Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck

Teaching methods

Series of reports on a pre-established theme
Work in small groups on problems and clinical cases with production of a final report to be discussed with an expert
Direct execution by all students of practical or technical activities

Assessment methods

Production of its own research protocol and discussion. Oral evaluation of the contents of the research protocol

Teaching tools

Computer

video projector

power point slide

check list and format to produce a scientific protocol

Office hours

See the website of Cristiana Forni