PE4S233 - Research methodologies and critical appraisal 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PE4S233
Module Title: Research methodologies and critical appraisal
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Allied Health and Chiropractic
Faculty Sub Group: Clinical Services
Module Leader: Karl New
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100260 - healthcare science
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To prepare students for the professional project by developing their skills in selecting, appraising, discriminating, using and applying methods used in healthcare research.

Content Summary

Topics will typically include:
• Quantitative studies
• Statistical analysis interpretation
• Interpreting the evidence
• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
• Qualitative studies
• Evidence appraisal: interpreting, weighing and synthesizing the evidence
• Clinical audit, governance and quality improvement, health economics
• Preparing a research proposal: research committees, consent, ethics, probity and literature review

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 100
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Select and apply different methodological approaches and tools to answer research questions in healthcare.
LO2 Critically analyse and interpret research to assess its application to healthcare delivery/service development.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Online Assessment Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1 End of Module examination 90 N/A 30 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Self Reflective Assessment 1 Reflective Journal 0 600 10 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Project 1 Completion of an individual and group project 0 N/A 20 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 Case based scenarios and discussion Forum 0 N/A 40 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1 ✔ ✔
Self Reflective Assessment 1 ✔ ✔
Project 1 ✔ ✔
Case study 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

World Health Organisation. New series published to support the use of qualitative research in decision-making. Available at: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/monitoring/qualitative-research-decision-making/en/ (Accessed 29 January 2020

Cochrane. Making what can’t be counted count: Cochrane-WHO collaboration on qualitative evidence syntheses in guidelines showcased in new articles. Available at: https://www.cochrane.org/news/making-what-cant-be-counted-count-cochrane-who-collaboration-qualitative-evidence-syntheses (Accessed 29 January 2020).

David L. Vaux. (2012) \\\"Research Methods: Know When Your Numbers Are Significant.\\\" Nature 492.7428 : 180-181. Web.

Pace, Nathan Leon. (2011 \\\"Research Methods for Meta-analyses.\\\" Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 25.4: 523-33. Web.

Jacelon, Cynthia S S., and Katharine K K. O'Dell. (2005) \\\"Case and Grounded Theory as Qualitative Research Methods.\\\" Urologic Nursing : Official Journal of the American Urological Association Allied 25.1: 49-52. Web.

Rees, C., (2015). Rapid Research Methods for Nurses, Midwives and Health Professionals. Wiley-Blackwell.

Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics. Second ed. Print.

Walliman, N., (2018) Research Methods: The Basics?: 2nd Edition. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (Basics)

Bruce, N., Pope, D., Stanistreet, D., (2017). Quantitative Methods for Health Research : A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics. Second ed. Print

Pope, C. and Mays, N. (2006) Qualitative Research in Health Care. 3rd edn. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub/BMJ Books.

Petrie, A. and Sabin, C. (2009) Medical Statistics at a Glance. 3rd edn. Chichester: J Wiley & Sons.

Greenhalgh, T. (2019) How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine. 6th edn. London: BMJ Books. Available as e-book