HIP202 Research for Health Practice (8)
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This subject covers three key themes: (1) Issues around Evidence in Health Practice, (2) Finding Research Evidence for Health Practice, and (3) Critiquing Research Evidence for Health Practice. This subject is therefore foundational for other subjects you will study in your degree and, beyond that, for your life-long learning as a health professional. This subject will promote a nuanced understanding of ‘evidence-based practice’, including its benefits, limitations, and risks. You will develop the skills to search for published research relevant to health practice, and to appraise its practical value as well as its methodological rigour. A range of qualitative and quantitative research methods are considered in terms of their appropriateness for addressing specific types of health-practice questions. Overall, you will develop your ability to access, appraise, and appropriately apply research findings, and be encouraged to consider ways in which you might contribute to the research evidence-base in your field of practice in the future. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Internal | Albury-Wodonga Campus | | Internal | Orange Campus | | Distance | Albury-Wodonga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: HIP202
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One sesssion | HD/FL | School of Community Health |
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| HLT322 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to define 'evidence-based practice' and identify its benefits, limitations, obstacles, and enablers
- Be able to conduct a strategic literature search for research articles relevant to health practice
- Be able to clearly and succinctly summarise research findings relevant to health practice
- Be able to correctly interpret descriptive and inferential statistics commonly found in quantitative health research
- Be able to critique qualitative and quantitative health research in terms of its methodological and reporting rigour
- Be able to appraise the validity of research-based conclusions in relation to the reported methods and results
- Be able to appraise the usefulness and transferability of published health research in a professional team
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Notions of evidence and evidence-based practice;
- Types of research publication relevant to health practice;
- Qualitative data collection and analysis methods;
- Qualitative research designs and purposes;
- Quantitative data types and data collection methods;
- Quantitative research designs and purposes;
- Interpreting descriptive statistics and confidence intervals;
- Interpreting statistics in 'difference between means' studies;
- Interpreting statistics in 'correlation between variables' studies;
- Interpreting statistics in 'predicting variables' studies;
- Clinical versus statistical significance, and the importance of effect size;
- Critically appraising methodological and reporting rigour and research-based conclusions.
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
