HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Course Code

HE 4013

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr F Marshall

Pre-requisites

360 credit points including all core courses.

Overview

Topics include: Formulating a research question; research designs for health care evaluation; sampling and sample size; criteria for evaluation; design of data collection instruments, data management, analysis and reporting the findings; qualitative approaches to health services research; systematic reviews and meta-analysis; critical appraisal of articles; getting research findings into practice; writing a research protocol.

Structure

One three-hour seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: In-course assessment (60%) and written examination (40%).