Topic 1: There are four themes in health science learning and teaching which all become more prominent in recent years, for this discussion pick up one of them and discuss:
– Evidence-based practice
– Research-based learning
– Learning research methods
– linking staff research activity and teaching
Background:
Evidence-based practice
http://www.midwiferycollege.org/AcademicProgram/Downloads/BSM/BSMSyllabi/BSM-MW460Resource-04-Cluett_Principles&PracticeOfResearchInMidwifery.pdf
Evidence-based practice step by step: Critical appraisal of the evidence: part I
http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2010/07000/Evidence_Based_Practice_Step_by_Step__Critical.26.aspx
Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step: Igniting a Spirit of Inquiry
http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Abstract/2009/11000/Evidence_Based_Practice__Step_by_Step__Igniting_a.28.aspx
The following link is useful book for most of the class discussion, please remember to review class material as well.
Field Trials of Health Interventions: A Toolbox
http://ieaweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Field-trials-of-health-interventions-a-toolbox-with-full-hyperlinks-July-15.pdf
Basic requirements:
1. Each post must be at least 130 words long or it receives no credit..
2. Initial postings must include at least two references – one internal (course readings, course modules, primers, webliography, etc.)
and one external (other authoritative sources beyond our course material).
Note: No wiki or blog references.
Topic 2: Health Services Research and Research Question
The goal of health services research is to acquire and disseminate relevant evidence that can advance population health, improve health services and inform health policy in governments and organizational policies in health care for this week pick up one of the following areas and discuss:
- What are the major steps in the conceptualization stage of health services research?
- What is Health Services Research? What are the overall goals of health system research? What are the functions of health research systems?
- Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research of research as a general term)
- What are the unique characteristics of medical care services compared with other market products or services?
Background:
Ten steps for conceptualizing and conducting qualitative research studies in a pragmatically curious manner
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR16-6/chenail.pdf
Arrow and the Information Market Failure in Health Care
http://www.smith.edu/econ/documents/ArrowandtheInformationMarketFailure.pdf
Participatory Research Methods: A Methodological Approach in Motion
http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1801/3334
Please also check this week reading materials:
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