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PU5523: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

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Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Foresterhill Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Kirsty Kiezebrink

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Evidence based health involves:

- obtaining the best evidence
- making judgements about how well the evidence applied to an individual or population.
-  applying the evidence to make informed and appropriate healthcare choices
This course will focus upon systematic reviews to synthesis evidence as well as methods to translate and implement evidence to inform health at an individual and population level.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Formative evaluation will comprise a range of computer-marked questions set throughout the course using different response options e.g. multiple choice questions (MCQ's), true/false. matching, fill in blanks, etc.
Summative evaluation will comprise the following:
- Provision of a research paper for students to perform data extraction, quality assessment (using a validated tool appropriate to the study design) and critical interpretation (to include their conclusion regarding whether the results derived from the study were sufficient to inform/ change practice/policy. (40%) [written assignment 100 words & Tables]
- Timed short answer assessment (open book) (30%)
- Marked case-study: students will be provided with a systematic review which they will be asked to develop a strategy for the implementation of the evidence at an individual and population-level. (30%)  [written assignment 2500 words]

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

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Course Learning Outcomes

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