NS-1-031 (0) - Theory in Science and Research Methods

• Nursing 2011 - Thesis work and research methods
• Nursing 2012 - Thesis work and research methods
• Nursing 2013 - Thesis work and research methods
• Nursing 2014 - Scientific writing and innovation
• Nursing 2015 - Scientific writing and innovation
• Nursing 2016 - Scientific writing and innovation
• Nursing 2017 - Scientific writing and innovation
• Nursing 2018 - Scientific writing and innovation

3 (2019-01-01 to 2019-03-17)

English

Compulsory

First

3

10 cr

You understand the meaning of the concept of
knowledge,
different forms of knowledge and different
traditions for
knowledge building.
You understand the relationship between the
perspectives of
knowledge in different disciplines or
interdisciplinary areas
You have basic knowledge of the research process
and of
various research methods, especially about
methods that have
particular relevance to the own profession.
You can apply scientific literature in your own
work, as well as
reference material in your own knowledge
development.
You have developed your knowhow and can
participate in work-
related projects and thereby contribute to
knowledge
development.

You read, understand and are able to critically
review scientific
literature.
You can assign forms of knowledge to different
types of thesis.
You can search, manage, and critically evaluate
academic
articles and research in your own professional
field.
You know and understand the basic concepts
relating to
quantitative and qualitative data, as well as how
and when they
can be used.
You know and understand the concept design, data
collection
and analysis methods that generate both
quantitative and/or
qualitative data, and their relevance in the
field of research and
development of working life within your own
profession.
You can apply relevant methods in your own
thesis.
You have mastered the basics of collecting
quantitative data,
you can use of a statistics program for data
analysis and you
have mastered the grounds for interpreting
results and reporting
findings in the form of descriptive statistics.
You can apply suitable collection and analysis
methods for
qualitative data, and account for results.
You have developed an exploratory approach in
order to be able
to contribute to knowledge development in your
professional
field.
You can report and critically argue in writing
and you have
mastered the techniques reference citations.
You can apply principles of professional and
research ethics in
your studies.

The research process
Theory of science
The literature review and it´s importance
Designs in qualitative and quantitative research
Participation oriented designs
Questionnaires, interviews and observation
studies
Systematic literature studies
Standardized measurement methods in the profile
areas of
Health Care
Content analysis
Research ethics
Information retrieval and - analysis
Critical reveiw of scientific articles, reports
and essays
Statistics

Patient safety and evidence based care

RDI- day mandatory

Flick, U. 2011.Introducing Research Methodology
A Beginner's Guide to Doing a Research Project.
USA, SAGE
Publications Ltd

Handouts given during lectures and material on
ItsLearning

Reference literature;
Jansson, R. 2013. English for scientific
research. A practical
guide to good science writing. Lund,
Studentlitteratur

• Lectures - 40 hours
• Individual- and group instruction - 40 hours
• Project- and production work/artistic activities - 80 hours
• Individual studies - 66 hours
• Internet-based studies - 30 hours
• Seminars - 10 hours

• Total workload of the course: 266 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 266 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Analyses of the research process with help of
research articles
and ending up in plan for thesis.
Written examination

• Hagström Sarah
• Gray Pamela
• Paakkonen Heikki

Gray Pamela

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (20 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2018-11-06 to 2019-01-31