Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38
Evidence-based health enables students to gain a fundamental understanding and application of evidence based health at an individual and population level. The course will follow the steps of protocol development for a systematic review including choosing a search strategy, critical appraisal, data extraction and synthesis/analysis. The course also looks at using evidence in guideline development and healthcare practice and how to maximise effective communication of research findings.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Foresterhill | Sustained Study | No |
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The key word in this course is flexible. All the teaching materials of this course a delivered online allowing you the opportunity to learn at a time and location that is convenient for you, without the need to follow a rigid timetable. As you work through the materials in this course, you will be given the opportunity to assess your learning and identify areas which you need to focus your reading around. There are lots of recommended reading and additional support material available for this course. Do not feel overwhelmed, the purpose is to enable you to pick and choose the tools and techniques that you need the most support with.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Formative evaluation will comprise a range of computer-marked questions set throughout the course using different response options e.g. multiple choice questions (MCQ's), true/false. matching, fill in blanks, etc.
Summative evaluation will comprise the following:
- Provision of a research paper for students to perform data extraction, quality assessment (using a validated tool appropriate to the study design) and critical interpretation (to include their conclusion regarding whether the results derived from the study were sufficient to inform/ change practice/policy. (40%) [written assignment 100 words & Tables]
- Timed short answer assessment (open book) (30%)
- Marked case-study: students will be provided with a systematic review which they will be asked to develop a strategy for the implementation of the evidence at an individual and population-level. (30%) [written assignment 2500 words]
There are no assessments for this course.
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