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Evidence Based Nursing and Professional Work
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:14.02.2020 10:38:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_657 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilona Zariņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Philosophy and medical ethics, propaedeutics, an introduction to the library to use, medical terminology in a foreign language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and promote skills to analyse, evaluate and interpret scientific studies of the evidence in substantiation of care solutions to the problems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Evidence-based practice – essence, terminology, theoretical and practical aspects. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Research and its types in health care. Levels of research evidence and recommendations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Searching and evaluating information in various resources. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Basic principles of evidence-based care as a method. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Lecture in a library. | Lectures | 1.00 | RSU Library | |||||
| 6 | Class in a library. | Classes | 1.00 | RSU Library | |||||
| 7 | Seminar on formulation of research topic and question. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Workshop on PICO development. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Seminar on keywords. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Seminar on PICO formulation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Seminar on the reliability and quality of evidence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Seminar on ways to express the final results used in biomedical research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Seminar on ethical aspects. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Seminar on presentation of scientific evidence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Seminar on communicating scientific evidence with patients and other healthcare professionals. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Seminar on practical application of scientific results. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work in small groups and individually. • In classroom: seminar on choice of the theme and formulation of the question, discussion. • Independent work: searching, finding and describing scientific evidence. • In classroom: presentation of individual work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Evaluation in a 10-point-scale, where the lowest successful evaluation is 4 points. 2. Five independently prepared and presented presentations during the course – 60%. 3. Individual work presentation at the end of the course, which contains the below mentioned points – 40%: • PICO formulation; • Question; • Keywords; • Theoretical background of the theme (150 – 200 words); • A description of the evidence search and process of discovery; • Evidence summary and answer to PICO question; • Conclusion. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Acquired basic knowledge and understanding of evidence-based care concept, importance, opportunities and sources. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to find and evaluate scientific evidence studies, accordingly present them and communicate about them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon the acquisition of the study course, students develop the competence to assess the scientific evidence of care, taking into account the health care context, integrating and using skills, knowledge and attitudes appropriate for the situation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes (2011) sast. K.Mārtinsone, Rīga: Raka | ||||||||
| 2 | Pierādījumos balstītas prakses veicināšana veselības aprūpē (2012) Mācību materiāls, RSU | ||||||||
| 3 | Znotiņa I. (2014) Uz pierādījumiem balstītas medicīnas resursi - labāko pierādījumu meklēšana un izmantošana. Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā, Rīga: RSU | ||||||||
| 4 | Spila D., Znotiņa I. (2014)10 Medicīnas informācijas pamatu apgūšana elektroniskajos resursos. Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. Rīga:RSU | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ellis P. (2016) Evidence-based Practice in Nursing, 3rd ed., SAGE Publ. Ltd. | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.nursingcenter.com/evidencebasedpracticenetwork/ | ||||||||
