Dr. Cristina Monforte: After classes for specific issues. Quotes on request by e-mail and confirmation teacher. cmonforte@uic.es
Dr. Jose Mª Martínez: After classes for specific issues. Quotes on request by e-mail and confirmation teacher. jmmartinez@uic.es
Dra. Cristina Lidón: After classes for specific issues. Quotes on request by e-mail and confirmation teacher. clidon@uic.es
Dr. Juan Carlos Martín: After classes for specific issues. Quotes on request by e-mail and confirmation teacher. jcmartin@uic.es
Introduction
In the event that the health authorities announce a new period of confinement due to the evolution of
the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the teaching staff will promptly communicate how this may effect
the teaching methodologies and activities as well as the assessment.
Information systems are tools that allow an acquisition, storage and exploitation of knowledge, facilitate the conduct of research, the consolidation of the progress and provide the information necessary for sound management. Information systems, databases and bibliographic managers in general allow us to develop tasks and save time.
The scientific method is an important tool for the development of discipline for the nurse, which powers the generation of new knowledge.
The main objective of nursing research is improving health care outcomes and advancing knowledge and practice as a nurse.
Pre-course requirements
At the beginning of the course the students must meet the following requisites
Ability to work in a group
Motivation for learning and active listening
Objectives
Understand the usefulness of statistics in the field of health, notably in the infirmary.
Calculate and interpret the measurements of central tendencies, dispersion and relative position appropriate to the scale of measurement. In particular: the arithmetic mean, variance and median.
Use graphical representations to present and discuss the data.
Know some basic statistical methods to analyze data and express correctly your analysis.
Select the appropriate test statistics to the type of hypothesis and variables to reach a statistical decision.
Be able to read articles of scientific journals in the area of nursing from a statistical point of view.
Student will correctly use an operating system, text editor, a database and create presentations.
Students will be able to discuss the application of research results in daily practice
The student will demonstrate a responsible and professional conduct in accordance with the standards of nursing practice.
Develop commitment to values
Develop their ability to make ethically informed choices
Cultivate their sense of responsibility for their own conduct and behaviour
Develop their ability to think for themselves
Improve their ability to communicate, with special emphasis on listening
Improve their abilities to organize and use time effectively
Develop their commitment to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen, contributing actively and voluntarily to the social, economic and environmental improvement.
Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme
16. G - Know the health information systems.
22. G - Use and management of information and research
23. B - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
25. E - Knowledge of the field of study
6. E - Base nursing care on scientific evidence and available resources.
Learning outcomes of the subject
At the end of this course, Students will be capable of:
Explaining the basic elements and the steps of the scientific process.
Using the process of investigation as the basis for the expansion of knowledge.
Discussing the application of research results in daily practice.
Criticizing studies of nursing by applying the scientific process.
Students will know and learn how to use software applications that facilitate their access to training and research, as well as resources for conducting presentations of their work and scientific communications.
Correctly using the operating system, text editor, spreadsheet and creating multimedia presentations.
Setting the methodological and analytical procedure in order to respond to concrete objectives that are posed in a clinical study
Syllabus
Introduction to Scientific Knowledge
Unit 1. Introduction to scientific methodology. Scientific concepts. Applied research in the health sciences.
Unit 2. Scientific method. Phases of the research. Research objectives and hypotheses.
Unit 3. Scientific communication. Structure of an article and/or oral and written scientific communication. Protocol research vs. article research. Ethical aspects linked to research.
Unit 4. Databases. Bibliographic search strategies. Rules of citation and referencing.
Unit 5. Bibliographic managers. Use of the library mega searches.
Unit 6. Evidence-based practice. Importance of research in the disciplines of nursing.
Biostatistics
Unit 7. Introduction to statistics. Definition of statistics. Some basic concepts.
Unit 8. Descriptive statistics. Descriptive one-dimensional: tables of frequencies, statistical measures, graphical representation. Descriptive two-dimensional. Covariance, correlation, graphical representation and contingency tables.
Unit 9. Probability. Concepts of probability: Bayes theorem. Probability functions. Density functions. The binomial distribution. The normal distribution. Standardization.
Unit 10. introduction to statistical inference. Sampling. Estimates point. Confidence intervals. Test of hypothesis: null and alternative hypothesis, type of error, and significance.
Unit 11. Bivariate statistical inference. Comparison of proportions. Comparison of means. Correlation.
Unit 12. Critical reading of research with quantitative methods articles. Analysis practice.
Teaching and learning activities
Evaluation systems and criteria
Bibliography and resources
The support material will be provided in English
Llibres de text
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