Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
MED/45 (GENERAL, CLINICAL AND PEDIATRIC NURSING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
Course
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
(15/03/2021 - 04/06/2021)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
Understanding the potential and limitations of the research methodology in the biomedical and care fields;
Know the stages of the process applied to research
Know the Ethical Principles of Research
Acquire the knowledge that allows you to critically evaluate a research problem
Know the elements necessary to critically read and analyze a scientific article;
Understand the processes of transferring research results to nursing practice;
Prepare critically for the identification of nursing questions that could generate research hypotheses.
Course contents
General knowledge of nursing research and its role in evidence-based practice
Quantitative Research: Phases of the Quantitative Research Process: Research Drawings used in Nursing; Describe the process that transforms a research problem into a research question;
Explain the differences between the definition of the problem and the definition of the purpose of the research;
Critically analyze problem definition and purpose definition in a research article
Describe the difference between dependent variable, independent variable, extraneous variable;
Describe the nursing research questions;
Describe the main study designs in relation to the research question;
Describe the hierarchy of scientific evidence in relation to the study design.
The Scientific Literature
Critical Evaluation of an Interactive Educational Scientific Article - Practical Exercise
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Interactive teaching
Practical demonstrations
Group practical exercises
Reccomended or required readings
Fondamenti di Ricerca infermieristica. Polit & Beck. Traduzione a cura di Alvisa Palese. McGraw Hill, 2014
"Metodologia della Ricerca Infermieristica" Geri Lo Biondo-Wood Judith Haber; Edizione italiana a cura di Julita Sansoni. McGraw-Hill, 2004;
. La ricerca infermieristica: leggerla, comprenderla e applicarla. Fain J.A; McGraw-Hill, 2° edizione. Milano 2004.
Assessment methods
Individual Written essay: Critical analysis of a scientific article in English, (chosen by the Student) through the use of Grid (Fain, 2004) provided by the teacher. The verification will consider the following points:
General knowledge of nursing research and its role in evidence-based practice
Quantitative Research: Phases of the Quantitative Research Process: Research Drawings used in Nursing; Describe the process that transforms a research problem into a research question;
Explain the differences between the definition of the problem and the definition of the purpose of the research;
Critically analyze problem definition and purpose definition in a research article
Describe the difference between dependent variable, independent variable, extraneous variable;
Describe the nursing research questions;
Describe the main study designs in relation to the research question;
Describe the hierarchy of scientific evidence in relation to the study design.
The Scientific Literature
Critical Evaluation of an Interactive Educational Scientific Article - Practical Exercise.
Further information
Peer Review Scientific Papers will be used during the lessons
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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