.
Selective Stages of the Research Process
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 08:27:15
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_190 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Signe Tomsone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge on research methodologies, skills in literature search and basic skills in scientific writing. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of this course is to enable students to become informed consumers and producers of research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Science and research, approaches and paradigms in research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Stages of research process. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Management of research process. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Research outcomes dissemination and communication. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading tasks, critical appraisal of publications and scientific presentations, development and presentation of own master thesis research project. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative examination- evaluation from course leader and peers for different study tasks during the course (50%) and presentations of research project for master thesis study (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Student will be able to analyse research topics in the field and formulate research questions related to own professional competence. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will demonstrate skills to plan and manage research process according to legal and ethical principles. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To write a research proposal and manage own research project/-s. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija : starpdisciplināra perspektīva : kolektīvā monogrāfija / K. Mārtinsones un A. Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā ; recenzenti: Dr.habil.oec. Baiba Rivža, Ph.D. Juris Dragūns, Dr.med. Ieva Reine ; literārā redaktore Inta Rozenvalde ; vāka mākslinieks Modris Brasliņš. Rīga : Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana /Kristīnes Mārtinsones un Anitas Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga : Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2019. 311 lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Creswell JW. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications Inc., 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse.K. Mārtinsones, A. Piperes, D. Kamerādes zin. red. Rīga: Raka, 2016. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Elektroniskie informācijas resursi. | ||||||||
