Module Code: HEA2083

Venue: Respiratory Education UK, Aintree & Regional Centres
Cost: £ 555

Introduction

This module enables the students to develop the skills of analytical enquiry to underpin their practice of clinically effective care

Additionally the module facilitates the development of analytical skills to enable the closer linking of theory and practice.  Furthermore, this module encompasses the development of skills of research and development to ensure the integration of evidence based practice into the clinical area

Module Format

This module is run on a blended learning basis supported by a comprehensive course pack and two structured study days over 20 weeks.  An emphasis will be on a student-centred approach to learning and utilising a problem solving approach to help foster both lifelong and transferable learning skills.  The module will include lectures, small group work, online and classroom discussions which will assist in developing skills of analysis and theoretical application to the clinical area

Module Aims

This module will enable healthcare professionals to:

• Analyse the research agenda within health and social care

• Produce an analytic review of the literature using a range of resources

• Identify and provide a rationale for the selection of an appropriate practice based issue, which would benefit from being researched

• Appraise various approaches and techniques underpinning research within the field of health and social care

Course Content

The content of the module includes:

• Health Services Research

• Evidence Based Practice

• Clinical Effectiveness

• Clinical Governance - the application of the policy into health care research

• Obtaining the Evidence

• Introduction to obtaining the evidence - electronic databases/electronic journals/internet

• Assessment of Published Research

• This helps to foster the skills of reviewing research

• Research Methodology

• Introduction to research methodology and the appropriate application to a research question

• Data Collection

• Introduction to the different approaches to collecting data

• Designing a data collection tool

• Reliability and Validity

• Introduction to the importance of assessing the quality of research studies and data collection tools

• Data Presentation

• Introduction to the assessment of how data can be presented

• Research Ethical Issues

• Introduction to the ethical issues relating to research e.g. consent and ethics committees

Assessment

4,000 word proposal

Student support

Comprehensive course materials are provided to students.  Tutorial time is set aside to support students, with specialist staff always available by either phone, e-mail and on-line.  REUK can also advise on funding possibilities and financial support from a number of sources, we encourage students to get in touch

This module can be studied as an independent unit of study or as a core module towards the Diploma in Respiratory Practice.  To access this module, you would be expected to have had at least one year post registration experience and should be working with or involved in the care of patients with respiratory conditions

Successful completion results in 20 academic credits at diploma level

Venue

This module is held at our Liverpool office

Credits: 20

Compulsory