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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.
课程大纲
- 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
教师
- Abbey Alkon - School of Nursing
内容设计师
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.
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Coursera是一家数字公司，提供由位于加利福尼亚州山景城的计算机教师Andrew Ng和达芙妮科勒斯坦福大学创建的大型开放式在线课程。
Coursera与顶尖大学和组织合作，在线提供一些课程，并提供许多科目的课程，包括：物理，工程，人文，医学，生物学，社会科学，数学，商业，计算机科学，数字营销，数据科学 和其他科目。
