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Evidence Based Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:22.09.2021 17:06:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_305 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Millere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Anniņmuižas bulvāris 26a, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in nursing study subjects, informatics, statistics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen the understanding of evidence-based practice and research process in order to promote and implement clinically effective care and decision-making, to improve the ability to use research results in practice, as well as to develop critical thinking. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Learning the basics of searching for medical information in electronic resources; Evidence-based medical resources - finding and using the best evidence; single search engine primo, citation database. | Lectures | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||||
| 2 | Hierarchy of sources of information for evidence-based health care practices; Database of world medical citation journals PubMed and information search capabilities, citation databases, reference tool ENDNOTE | Lectures | 2.00 | computer room | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | computer room | |||||||
| 3 | Evidence-Based Nursing Practice. Nursing and Nursing Science Priorities in the 21st Century; the role of research in the professional identity of nursing staff. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Sources of knowledge of nursing practice, desired and real situation, comparison of experience of different countries. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Formulating evidence-based practice questions. PICO, Critical Analysis of Research Findings and Applicability to Evidence-Based Practice. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | PICO (S) question and argumentation. Project of the study course “Evidence-based nursing” Part 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Project of the study course “Evidence-based care” Part 2, Identification of research literature according to PICO, its analysis. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Project of the study course “Evidence-Based Care” Part 3, Summary of Scientific Literature and Critical Analysis; A description of the practical or clinical relevance of the research results to evidence-based care practice. Answer to the PICOT question- clinical decision. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Evidence-based practice implementation components, barriers, implementation of evidence-based practices. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with literature to gain in-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice. Work with scientific literature - scientific articles that reflect research on health care and medical topics, search in databases, analysis, description of articles and submission of descriptions. assessment of the use of scientific evidence in practice in different environments of health care, identification of barriers, identification of opportunities of development of quality of care, comparison with other countries. Development of the course work : “Evidence-based practice”. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Final exam – presentation of the work of the study course "Evidence-based care" (evaluation in a 10-point system.) Evaluation criteria: 1) midterm - test (evaluation in a 10-point system.); 2) research analysis (in writing) and presentation according to the given criteria (evaluation in a 10-point system.) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course, students will know the importance of evidence-based practice and the evidence-based practice components as well us process, evidence databases and search strategies. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of the study course students will be able to assess the importance of scientific method in nursing practice, explain the relationship between theory, research and evidence-based practice, search for evidence in online databases, critically analyse research articles based on the level of evidence, synthesize evidence to make clinical decision . | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To argue and substantiate with scientific evidence the nursing practice. Competence of evidence-based clinical decision-making, evaluating the results of research in accordance with the patient's and family's wishes. Competence in identifying problems of nursing practice by demonstrating analytical skills in evaluating research results. Will be able to independently formulate a research question in the field of health care; to obtain, select and analyse information of research in accordance with the principles of scientific methodology; to evaluate the use of evidence-based practice in practice in different settings in health care. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone Kristīne. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. Rīga, RaKa, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Kroplijs, Artūrs. Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs / Artūrs Kroplijs, Malgožata Raščevska. Rīga : RaKa, 2010. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kristapsone Silvija. Zinātniskā pētniecība studiju procesā: mācību grāmata augstskolu sociālo zinātņu studiju programmu studentiem. Rīga Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Geske Andrejs, Grīnfelds Andris. Izglītības pētniecība: mācību grāmata augstskolu izglītības un pedagoģijas profesionālo un akadēmisko studiju programmu studentiem. Rīga, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija: starpdisciplināra pieeja. K.Mārtinsones un A.Piperes zinatniskaja redakcijā. Rīga: RSU, 2021 | ||||||||
| 6 | Creswell, John W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches, Thousand Oaks. Calif.: Sage, 2018 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 8 | Creswell, John W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches, Thousand Oaks. Calif.: Sage, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Spila, Daiga. Pasaules medicīnas citējamo žurnālu datubāze PubMed un informācijas meklēšanas iespējas: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2013. – 76 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Znotiņa, Inga. Uz pierādījumiem balstītas medicīnas resursi – labāko pierādījumu meklēšana un izmantošana: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014. – 49 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Research and the World Health Organization: a History of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, 1959-1999 /World Health Organization, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Hancké, Bob. Intelligent Research Design: a Guide for Beginning Researchers in the Social Sciences. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | Davies, Barbara, Jo Logan. Reading Research: a User-friendly Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. Toronto: Mosby/Elsevier, 2018. | ||||||||
| 6 | Janet Houser. Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, Sudbury. Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Nieswiadomy Rose Marie, Upper Saddle River N.J. Foundations of Nursing Research. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2021. | ||||||||
| 8 | Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck. Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012. | ||||||||
| 9 | Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck. Resource Manual to Accompany Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Philadelphia [etc.]: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008. | ||||||||
| 10 | David Colton and Robert W. Covert. 1948: Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation. San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass & Sons, c2007. | ||||||||
| 11 | Davies, Martin Brett, 1936-: Doing a Successful Research Pproject: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | ||||||||
| 12 | Fischer, Joel, Kevin Corcoran. Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: a Sourcebook. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. | ||||||||
| 13 | Carol Boswell, Sharon Cannon. Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice, Sudbury. Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2020. | ||||||||
| 14 | Marshall, Patricia A., Ethical Challenges in Study Design and Informed Consent for Health Research in Resource-Poor Settings, Geneva: World Health Organization on behalf of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 2007. | ||||||||
| 15 | Zevia Schneider, Dean Whitehead, Doug Elliott, Nursing & Midwifery. Research: Methods and Appraisal for Evidence-based Practice. New York: Mosby/Elsevier, c2007 | ||||||||
| 16 | Patricia L. Munhall. Nursing Research: a Qualitative Perspective, Sudbury. Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007 | ||||||||
| 17 | Bonnie Steinbock. The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. | ||||||||
| 18 | Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2006. | ||||||||
| 19 | Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck. Study Guide to Accompany Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Philadelphia [etc.]: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006. | ||||||||
| 20 | Turabian, Kate L., 1893-1987., revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff.: A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. Chicago; London University of Chicago Press, 2018. | ||||||||
| 21 | Kate Gerrish, Anne Lacey. The Research Process in Nursing, Oxford Malden. MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2015. | ||||||||
| 22 | Ann Bowling and Shah Ebrahim. Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis, Maidenhead. NY: Open University Press, 2005. | ||||||||
| 23 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 24 | Research and the World Health Organization: a History of the Advisory Committee on Health Research, 1959-1999 /World Health Organization, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010. | ||||||||
| 25 | Davies, Barbara, Jo Logan. Reading Research: a User-friendly Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. Toronto: Mosby/Elsevier, 2018. | ||||||||
| 26 | Davies, Martin Brett, 1936-: Doing a Successful Research Pproject: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. | ||||||||
| 27 | Polit, Denise F., Cheryl Tatano Beck. Study Guide to Accompany Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Philadelphia [etc.]: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006. | ||||||||
| 28 | Ann Bowling and Shah Ebrahim. Handbook of Health Research Methods: Investigation, Measurement and Analysis, Maidenhead. NY: Open University Press, 2005. | ||||||||
