Module Details
| Module Code: |
NURS N9028 |
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Full Title:
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Generating Evidence for Healthcare Practice and Improvement
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| Valid From:: |
Semester 1 - 2021/22 ( September 2021 ) |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
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| Module Owner:: |
Geraldine O'Connor
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| Departments: |
Nursing Midwifery & Early Years
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| Module Description: |
This module supports the learner’s acquisition of knowledge about research and its application to practice. The learner will be supported by an individual supervisor to enable them to complete a research portfolio to generate evidence, which will support the learner’s individual area of practice through the development of a research portfolio
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| Module Learning Outcome |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Module Learning Outcome Description |
| MLO1 |
Critically discuss the conceptual and/or theoretical underpinnings of research designs/approaches. |
| MLO2 |
Formulate research aims, objectives, and questions/hypotheses. |
| MLO3 |
Prepare a protocol for the conduct of a research project or structured iterative review |
| MLO4 |
Critically discuss the ethical principles governing research practice |
| MLO5 |
Complete a focused piece of scholarly research |
| MLO6 |
Critically appraise contemporary approaches in data collection, data analysis and interpretation of findings |
| MLO7 |
Demonstrate the ability to:
Produce a paper based on a critical analysis of their completed research project or iterative review, that is ready for submission to an academic journal;
Develop an abstract based on a critical analysis of their completed research project/iterative review that is ready for submission as a conference presentation |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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| No recommendations listed |
| Module Indicative Content |
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Literatrue Review
Content and presentation of a literature review; types of literature reviews; literature searching, search strategies; conducting literature reviews; literative reviews, systematic reviews; bias, omission and inflation of results; Validating the evidence.
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Research Questions
Definition of problems worthy of investigation; construction of research questions/research Hypotheses; differentiate between research questions and hypothesis; issues with operational definitions
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Research Methodology and Designs
Processes, value and limitations of quantitative, qualitative research and advanced research approaches.
Quantitative Research Approaches: Experimental and quasi-experimental designs, Survey designs,
Exploratory-descriptive designs, Cross sectional research; Longitudinal research; Retrospective research design; Prospective research designs, systematic reviews - meta analysis Qualitative Research Approaches: Action Research, Ethnography, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, systematic reviews - meta synthesis, Mixed Methods
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Data collection, analysis and data storage:
Issues of sampling and representativeness; reliability and validity; organisation and presentation of data. Data analysis and interpretation including computer-based statistics analysis packages (SPSS, N-Vivo & PASW). Data storage and management; incorporating anonymisation and retrieval. Ethical issues in research
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Interpretation, application and dissemination
Verifying results; implementing findings in practice; dissemination of findings: preparing a poster, conference paper and journal article
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Module Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 100.00% |
| Module Special Regulation |
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AssessmentsPart Time On Campus
| Reassessment Requirement |
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
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DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| This module has no Full Time On Campus workload. |
| Workload: Part Time On Campus |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Practical |
Contact |
No Description |
Once per semester |
0.80 |
12 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Each student will receive supervision throughout the year |
Once per semester |
1.00 |
15 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
1.80 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
1.80 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Josette Bettany-Saltikov,Robert McSherry. (2016), How to Do a Systematic Literature Review in Nursing, Open University Press, p.229, [ISBN: 9780335263806].
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Harte, C.. (2018), Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Research Imagination, Sage.
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Geri LoBiondo-Wood,Judith Haber. (2017), Nursing Research, Mosby, p.552, [ISBN: 9780323431316].
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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John W. Creswell,Cheryl N. Poth. (2017), Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design, Sage Publications, Incorporated, p.472, [ISBN: 1506330207].
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John W. Creswell,J. David Creswell. (2018), Research Design, SAGE Publications, Incorporated, p.304, [ISBN: 9781506386706].
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Denise F. Polit,Cheryl Tatano Beck. Nursing Research, [ISBN: 9781496308924].
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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| Other Resources |
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Cochrane Library and Reviews
https://www.cochranel, Cochrane Library.
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National Institute of Clinical Research
- Prospero, National Institute of Clinical Research,
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National Institute of Clinical
Guidelines www.nice, National Institute of Clinical
Guidelines www.nice.
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National Clinical Guidelines:, National Clinical Guidelines:,
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