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PU5523: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

Evidence-based health enables students to gain a fundamental understanding and application of evidence based health at an individual and population level. The course will follow the steps of protocol development for a systematic review including choosing a search strategy, critical appraisal, data extraction and synthesis/analysis. The course also looks at using evidence in guideline development and healthcare practice and how to maximise effective communication of research findings. 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Foresterhill Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Christopher Burton

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • One of Independent Subject Study In Research Methods For Health (Sept Start) (Studied) or Any Postgraduate Programme Certificate in Research Methods for Health (Studied) or MSc Health Psychology (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

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

The key word in this course is flexible. All the teaching materials of this course a delivered online allowing you the opportunity to learn at a time and location that is convenient for you, without the need to follow a rigid timetable.  As you work through the materials in this course, you will be given the opportunity to assess your learning and identify areas which you need to focus your reading around. There are lots of recommended reading and additional support material available for this course.  Do not feel overwhelmed, the purpose is to enable you to pick and choose the tools and techniques that you need the most support with. 


Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term 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

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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