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PA50270: Research design and methods for practice

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Further information on credits Credits: 12
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Modular (no specific semester)
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Peer Review (CW 15% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
  • Protocol (CW 85% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To explore a range of key research designs and methods which can be used to collect data to inform and deliver enhanced practice in health.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit participants will be able to:
1. Evaluate national and organisational priorities for research and critically appraise opportunities for programmatic and other research (intellectual skills, professional skills, key skills; taught, facilitated)
2. Formulate appropriate research questions suitable for conducting research in and on practice and create and critically review a research protocol (intellectual skills, practical skills, key skills; taught, facilitated and assessed)
3. Select appropriate research designs and methods from a range of available approaches and critically defend their use in a range of practice research contexts (including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches (intellectual skills, practical skills, key skills; taught, facilitated and assessed))
4. Design a small-scale research project which is based in practice (intellectual skills, professional skills, practical skills, key skills; taught, facilitated and assessed)
5. Practice a range of skills of a competent researcher, including presentation (oral and poster); networking for interdisciplinarity; ethical review of research; project planning techniques, etc. (intellectual skills, professional skills, practical skills, key skills; taught, facilitated and assessed).

Skills:
See classification of learning outcomes above.

Content:

* The Nature of Research
* The local, national and international contexts for research
* Key skills for researchers
* Research Designs
* Research Methods - Sampling
* Research Methods - Data Collection
* Research Methods - Analysis
* Quality and Credibility of Research
* Meta Evaluation
* Ethics in Research.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

PA50270 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  • TSPA-ADT16 : Modular Programme in Advanced and Specialist Practice
  • TSPA-ADM16 : MSc Advanced and Specialist Healthcare Practice
  • TSPA-ADC16 : PG Cert Advanced and Specialist Healthcare Practice
  • TSPA-ADL16 : PG Dip Advanced and Specialist Healthcare Practice

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.