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Резюме
Participants will learn the elements of research methods and design that are essential to the translation of knowledge into clinical practice, administration/leadership, and health policy.
Программа
- Identify the 4 sections of scientific research articles
- Determine the purpose of the abstract
- Identify the 2 key components of the introduction section of an article
- Identify 3 elements of a research question
- Understand why operational definitions are important
Week Two: Methods Section — Study Designs
- Answer 5 questions to identify study designs
- Understand the relation between types of study designs and the time frame of the study
- Identify the data collection procedures by the study design
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control study designs
Week Three: Methods Section — Sample Selection, Setting, Measurement (Instruments, Validity, and Reliability)
- Differentiate a sample from a population
- Identify the strengths of probability versus non-probability sampling
- Determine inclusion versus exclusion criteria when developing a plan for sample selection
- Identify different types of instruments included in research studies
- Explain how instruments are determined to be valid and reliable
- Identify types of internal validity and reliability
- Identify data collection procedures
Week Four: Methods Section —Bias, Types of Variables and Rates (Incidence and Prevalence)
- Identify types of bias related to all study designs
- Identify types of bias specific to experimental studies
- Determine the difference between parametric and nonparametric statistics
- Differentiate categorical and continuous variables
- Identify the difference between incidence and prevalence rates
- Understand the history of research ethics
- Determine the ethical lessons learned from the Tuskegee Study in the United States (U.S.)
- Identify studies conducted in the U.S. that raised new ethical issues
- Identify key components of the discussion section of a research article
Week Six: Final Exam
Пользователи
- Abbey Alkon - School of Nursing
Разработчик
The University of California, San Francisco, is dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and high-quality patient care. UC San Francisco is the only campus in the University of California system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. UCSF's innovative, collaborative approaches for health care, research and education span disciplines across the health sciences and make it a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation into improved health.
Платформа
Coursera - это цифровая компания, предлагающая массовые открытые онлайн-курсы, основанные учителями компьютеров Эндрю Нгом и Стэнфордским университетом Дафни Коллер, расположенные в Маунтин-Вью, штат Калифорния.
Coursera работает с ведущими университетами и организациями, чтобы сделать некоторые из своих курсов доступными в Интернете, и предлагает курсы по многим предметам, включая: физику, инженерию, гуманитарные науки, медицину, биологию, социальные науки, математику, бизнес, информатику, цифровой маркетинг, науку о данных и другие предметы.
