Analyse and understand the relationship between research and evidence based practice, evaluate an existing piece of research relevant to health and social care.

Description

Research methods for Health and Social Care Managers

To achieve this unit, learners must achieve the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria for the unit

Learning outcomes

1. Understand the relevance of research within health and social care contexts

2. Understand research approaches in health care contexts

3. Be able to plan a research proposal relevant to management of health and social care context

4. Understand a range of data

Assessment Criteria

1. Justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision

2. Critically evaluate a range of research philosophies

3. Examine different approaches to research

4. Justify the elements of a research proposal, design an appropriate research proposal

5. Analyse the ethical aspects of research

6. Explain types and sources of research data

7. Analyse data using appropriate approaches

8. Draw conclusions from data collected

9. Analyse and understand the relationship between research and evidence based practice, evaluate an existing piece of research relevant to health and social care

10. Draw conclusions from data collected

11. Analyse the contribution of research and evidence based practice to decision making

Assignment

Task 1 – Research Proposal

Develop an extended research project specification relating to an aspect of health and social care management in which you:

a) Design an appropriate research proposal

b) Analyse the ethical aspects of research

500 word count ( (+-10%) excluding bibliography and appendices

Task 2 – Research Critique

Undertake a research critique of a research article. The article should be research based (for example peer reviewed journal)

The critique should

a) Justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision

b) Critically evaluate a range of research philosophies

c) Examine different approaches to research

d) Analyse the ethical aspects of research

e) Explain types and sources of research data

f) Analyse data using appropriate approaches

g) Draw conclusions from data collected

h) Analyse the relationship between research and evidence based practice

i) Evaluate an existing piece of research relevant to health and social care

j) Analyse the contribution of research and evidence based practice to decision making

Suggested  format should take the following form:

1. Focus

2. Background

3. Aim

4. Methodological approach

5. Data collection method/tools

6. Data analysis and presentation

7. Sample

8. Ethical considerations

9. Main findings

10. Conclusions and recommendations

11. Strengths and limitations

12. Application to practice

4500 word count (+/-10%) excluding bibliography and appendices

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