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Research in Dentistry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2022 12:30:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_015 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līga Kroniņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Secondary school level knowledge in English, Mathematics and Essay writing. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students with a structure of research work and basic principles of writing it. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General characteristics of research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Structure of research work. Writing literature review. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Types of research. Data processing methods. Presentation and discussion of results. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Starting a study. Setting up a research question. Literature search. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Writing literature review. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Planning the practical study according to the purpose of the research.Data collection and processing in research work. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Presentation of results and discussion. Conclusions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Rules of bibliography formation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Active individual work in classes. • At the end of the course – written homework – independently written research paper – qualitative, submitted in due time. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Accordance to formal research paper requirements (lack of plagiarism, the amount and orthography of literature sources in review and references, accordance of a research plan to the aim of the research, accordance of the research design to the aim of the research). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • evaluate a concordance of a research publication to evidence based literature principles, • describe structure of a research paper, • describe designs of research. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • select and use evidence based literature, • summarize literature, • choose an appropriate design of research, • apply an appropriate method for data processing, • present research results. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • write independently a research paper, • obtain health information and critically evaluate it, • recognize health research designs, • use results of evidence based literature in practice. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa, 2016, 546 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Maldupa, I. & Uribe, S. Ko nozīmē uz pierādījumiem balstīta zobārstniecība? Zobārstniecības raksti 35–41 (2014). | ||||||||
| 3 | Spila, D. & Znotiņa, I. Medicīnas informācijas meklēšanas pamatu apgūšana elektroniskajos resursos (Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014). | ||||||||
| 4 | Spila, D. Pasaules medicīnas citējamo žurnālu datubāze Pubmed un informācijas 11 meklēšanas iespējas. (Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014). | ||||||||
| 5 | Znotiņa, I. Uz pierādījumiem balstītas medicīnas resursi – labāko pierādījumu meklēšana un izmantošana. (Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014) | ||||||||
| 6 | Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. Rīga: RaKa, 2011, 284 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brignardello-Petersen, R. et al. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: How to search for evidence to inform clinical decisions. J. Am. Dent. Assoc. 145, 1262–1267 (2014). | ||||||||
| 2 | Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H. & Azarpazhooh, A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: VI: How to use a systematic review. The Journal of the American Dental Association 146, 255–265.e1 (2015). | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Interneta resursi (datu bāzes) | ||||||||
