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Research and development in social and health care (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO45-3003

General information


Enrollment

14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021

Timing

01.01.2021 - 02.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care

Teachers

  • Sari Ranta

Teacher in charge

Sari Ranta

Groups

  • GEKV19SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know the common research and projects methods.

You know the difference between common anf scientific thinking.

You know research process and the progress of projects.

You know how to search for scientific knowledge.

You can act ethically.

You know what reliability, dependability and trustworthiness mean.

Content

What is scientific knowledge and thinking?

From where and how you can find scientifically dependable knowledge?

What are qualitative and quantitative researches and how do they differ?

What research ethics means?

What kind of phases research and development work include?

What are the main concepts of research and projectional work?

What is statistics?

What reliability means?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Qualifications

No prerequisities