Course description
Research Design and Methodology
This module aims to enable you to understand the theoretical and practical aspects of research; how to design research informed by theoretical, methodological and practical issues, and how to prepare a research proposal relevant to health and social care practice.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry requirements
- An undergraduate degree
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Working in health and social care.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Credits: 15
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you willbe able to:
- Design a research project in the form of a research proposal and critique the rigour, validity and credibility of the design.
- Critically appraise the philosophical, ontological and epistemological basis of research in health and social care practice and education.
- Identify key methodologies including experimental design, survey research, action research, phenomenology, ethnography and identify the limitations of different research approaches.
- Understand and apply research methodologies to research questions.
- Critically appraise different research collection methods including structured/ unstructured interviews, focus group interviews, survey, observation, participant observation, quasi experiment, questionnaires and user involvement.
- Critically appraise the relevance of coherence in research design for health and social care practice and education with due consideration of ethical principles and user involvement.
- Identify methods of data analysis.
Training Course Content
Indicative modulecontent includes:
- Philosophy of science, ontology, epistemology
- Research methodologies and methods
- Rigour in research design
- Data collection methods
- Sampling Strategies
- Data analysis methods
- Research ethics and governance
- Service user involvement
- Preparing a research proposal.
Course delivery details
For the 2022/23 curriculum, our CPD moduleswill be delivered usinghybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery, as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. A couple of modules will be delivered solely online, however for most modules face to face contact time and attendance at the university will be required.
Learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Small group work with formative feedback
- Small group discussion
- Research round table
- E-learning.