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Research and development in health care (5 cr)

Code: FJ00DK72-3001

General information


Enrollment
14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Virtual portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
(Department of Sports and Rehabilitation)
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Podiatry
Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
Merja Reunanen
Veli-Matti Malinen
Arja Kiviaho-Tiippana
Teacher in charge
Merja Reunanen
Groups
FTSA19KP
Physiotherapy, full-time studies
Course
FJ00DK72
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Objective

You can search data from the key social and health care databases.
You can run specified searches and examine the search results in terms of how they meet your needs and, if necessary, correct your own actions. You can critically read and evaluate scientific publications, taking into account the aspects related to research ethics and reliability.
You understand the principles of scientific writing and you can apply them to your thesis.
You understand the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP), and its importance in social and health care field.
You understand the information theoretical premises for research methods.
You know the key research strategies and methods used in social and health care.
You are familiar with the thesis process as described in Xamk instructions

Content

What are the basic methods of research, development and innovation used in social and health care?
What are the central databases used in social and health sciences and how do you search information from them?
What is evidence-based practice in social and health care?
How do you read and evaluate scientific articles and studies?
How do you analyze research papers and how do you make a synthesis of them?
What is a Bachelor's thesis and what is the thesis process like in Xamk?
What are resarch ethics, validity and reliability of research and how can you apply them to different types of research strategies and methods?
How do you report your thesis according to the principles of scientific writing?
How do you inform the appropriate target groups about your Bachelor's thesis?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field
c. identify interrelated task.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Opiskelumateriaalia on tarjolla Learn-opiskelualustalla.

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Osallistut työjärjestyksen mukaiseen opetukseen ja ohjaukseen. Opiskelusi rytmittyvät työjärjestyksen mukaisten ryhmätapaamisten ja itsenäisesti tehtävien oppimistehtävien mukaan.

Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Voit nopeuttaa opintojasi valitsemalla opintojakson verkkototeutuksen eli tekemällä opintojakson tehtävät oman aikataulusi mukaan. Tällöin perehdyt itsenäisesti Learnissä olevaan materiaaliin ja teet tarvittavat oppimistehtävät. Oppimistehtävät sisältävät työviikkopohjaisen oppimisväylän toteutukseen suhteutettuna enemmän itsenäistä aiheeseen tutustumista.

Timing of exams and assignments

Learn-alustalla on tehtävien ja tenttien määräajat.

Student workload

5 op = n. 135h opiskelijan työtä.

Course part description

Opintojakso jakautuu kolmeen osaan:
Tutkimusprosessi, laadullinen ja toiminnallinen tutkimus (sis. kirjallisuuskatsaus) 3 op
Määrällinen, tilastollinen tutkimus 1 op
Tieteellinen viestintä 1 op

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Opintojakson arvioinnissa käytetään Xankin arviointikehikkoa, jonka mukainen arviointisuunnitelma on Learn-alustalla.

Qualifications

Communication skills
Studies of 1-III semester.

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