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Research and Development (5cr)

Code: YYYY00214-16TH29

General information


Enrollment
09.01.2017 - 20.01.2017
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.01.2017 - 31.07.2017
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Department of Health and Emergency Care
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
12 - 50
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Health Care
Teachers
Marja-Leena Kauronen
Course
YYYY00214

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Objective

After completing the course, studentsadopt an analytical, critical, research-oriented and reflective approach in R&Dcan carry out the different parts of an R&D project:choice of topic, planning, information retrieval and constructing a conceptual basis, appropriate use of sources, implementation, written and oral reporting, evaluation, publishingare familiar with different R&D methods in qualitative, quantitative and processual research and can choose and implement one of these in their own studypractices evaluating the reliability and ethicality of a study

Content

Bachelor’s Thesis process and its parts, writing and citing sources, research ethics and the reliability of an R&D process.Statistical concepts and introduction to statistical IT-tools. Data acquisition and analysis.Qualitative approach and introduction to the most common field-specific qualitative methods (e.g. some of the following: case study, observation, content analysis, theme interview, picture analysis, future research)Processual approach and introduction to the most common field-specific processual methods (e.g. some of the following: cycle model of action research and other user-oriented/participatory methods)

Course material

Kirjallisuutta. Vilkka Hanna 2007. Tutki ja mittaa. Määrällisen tutkimuksen perusteet. Vilkka Hanna 2005. Tutki ja kehitä. Vilkka & Airaksinen 2003. Toiminnallinen opinnäytetyö. Grönfors & Vilkka 2011. Laadullisen tutkimuksen kenttätyömenetelmät. Kylmä - Juvakka 2012. Laadullinen terveystutkimus. Vehviläinen-Julkunen & Kankkunen 2015. Tutkimus hoitotieteessä. Hirsjärvi & Remes 1996. Tutkimus ja sen raportointi. Lähiopetuksessa materiaalia tarkennetaan.

Student workload

Osallistuminen lähiopetukseen ja tenttiin 28-30 h, tehtävät 50 h ja itsenäinen perehtyminen kirjallisuuteen 63 h.

Evaluation scale

1-5

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