Methods for Evidence-Based Nursing II

After completing the course students should be able to:

• describe different research designs and approaches and understand the applicability of the methods of data collection and analysis,
• analyse and evaluate research relevant to nursing from a gender and socio-cultural perspective with respect to the research process, the results’ reliability and validity, researchers’ and research ethics, as well as its clinical application,
• pinpoint a problem area relevant to nursing, establish criteria for the literature search , and carry out that search using relevant search terms in databases,
• design the basis for a project plan for the thesis.

The course addresses research design and the research process in terms of both qualitative and quantitative research, and researchers’ and research ethics with a specialization in methods of data collection and analysis with a focus on inferential statistics. The course includes ongoing information searching and reviewing scientific publications of relevance to nursing. The course includes formulating a PM for an imaginary thesis.

Written examination
Seminar

The grading scale used for the final course grade is U–G.

Grades are reported as follows:

• Analysis and interpretation of data - 4.5 Credits | U–G
• Bases to a project plan - 1.5 Credits | U–G
• Quality evaluation of research articles - 1.5 Credits | U–G

This course corresponds to GVÅ2ZY.

The course is conducted to a large extent with the support of information and communication technology, which requires an active Internet connection where students can communicate by audio and video via a computer or equivalent.