- Docente: Domenica Gazineo
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5907)
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from Apr 05, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student knows the research methodology and is able to identify specific areas of intervention.
Course contents
The course introduces the methodological principles of research and the main types of studies present in the literature and of nursing interest. At the end of the course the student must be able to: know the principles of research methodology; define the meaning of scientific research in nursing; describe the characteristics of the main study designs: descriptive, observational and experimental.
Plan
Definition of scientific research.
The research methodology: objectives, questions, hypotheses and research variables.
The main research designs and the foundations of the research protocol.
Characteristics of primary literature studies: - observational (etiological and prognostic). - experimental (RCT). - diagnostics. Reading and critical evaluation of primary literature.
Readings/Bibliography
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. La pratica clinico-assistenziale basata su prove di efficacia 2/ed. ISBN: 9788838636738.
Material and scientific articles made available by the teacher.
Teaching methods
Lecture and plenary discussion of scientific articles. Exercises on the critical evaluation of studies with specific tools.
Teaching tools
Learning will be assessed through multiple choice quiz questions and 2 open questions. The evaluation will be considered positive if at least 11 quiz questions and 2 open questions are answered correctly. Grade assignment method:
• From 11 to 12 correct answers with the completion of the open questions (score from 18 to 20).
• From 13 to 15 correct answers with the completion of the open questions (score from 21 to 25).
• From 16 to 18 correct answers with the completion of the open questions (score from 25 to 28).
• From 19 to 20 correct answers with the completion of open answers (score from 28 to 30).
•20 correct answers and complete and exhaustive completion of the open questions (grade 30L).
Office hours
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