Development and Research Competence in Nursing (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

- investigative development of the nursing and basics of the project work and development activities
- research / study process (basic and applied research)
- scientific research
- research methods
- progress and structure (research plan, data collection, analysis and report) of qualitative and quantitative research
- analysis methods (basic statistics and content analysis)
- validity and reliability of the research
- the ethical and legal premises of investigative development
- customer and nursing experts in various teams and projects

Objective

The student shall be able to- master the nature and course of healthcare development and in health-sciences research processes and use the related informationacquisition, analytical and reporting methods- use research and development work methods- interpret statistics and draw the correct conclusions from them- use the Excel and SPSS spreadsheet software in analysing and reporting data

Content

Contents:- development and research activities targets- core concepts: development work, development and developing, basic research, applied research, research development, project, scheme- the ethical and legal premises of research development- the stages of a development project- data, evidence and evidence-based development- research methods- collection, processing and analysis of data- research reliability and ethics- statistical methods and tools in processing and developing data in nursing and healthcare- planning and reporting of development and research work

Materials

Learning material Course-book via Finna: Gerris Kate & Lacey Anne: The Research Process in Nursing. 6th ed. 2013. https://turkuamk.finna.fi/Record/nelli26_tuamk.2550000001095936#details
or
Kankkunen P & Vehviläinen-Julkunen K 2009. Tutkimus hoitotieteessä. Helsinki, WSOY.
Additional material:
1. Heikkilä A, Jokinen P. & Nurmela T. 2008. Tutkiva kehittäminen. Helsinki. WSOY.
2. Hyvä tieteellinen käytäntö. Saatavana: http://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/HTK_ohje_2012.pdf
3. Laki lääketieteellisestä tutkimuksesta 488/1999. Saatavana: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1999/19990488

Teaching methods

Contact lectures, group work / seminars, independent work and Optima

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Seminars are based on the international research articles, project work, learning cafe, innovative discussion

Student workload

Student's workload (5 credits, 133 h): Lectures (20 h), seminars and group works (4 x 2 h) 28h, independent work 98 h, participating in the exhibition of Bachelor’s Thesis (3-5 h) and Exam (2 h).
Seminars: (participation 100 %):
1. Bachelor’s Thesis (about 2-3 h)
2. Research methods (about 2-3 h)
3. International research article (about 2-3 h)
4. Project work planning (2-3 h)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Seminars (pass/fail) and Exam (0-5)