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Nursing Applied in Critical area mental health and management - mod. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (AP)
VALENTINA SIMONETTI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 24
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT02-11-11 MT177

Prerequisites

basic knowledge in scientific writing and informatics

Development of the course

DESCRIPTION : the course aims to provide basic knowledge in research methodology and develop specialized

skills to integrate research findings into clinical decision making

Teaching method: lecturers and practical experiences

Learning outcomes

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To describe historical background and development of Evidence-Based Practice, sources of nursing knowledge

and different approaches to research.

To describe epidemiological studies design and analyze main differences between primary and secondary

research.

To develop practical skills in online research (PubMed).

To deepen main phases of study protocol.

Program

PROGRAMME DETAILS:

1. Introduction of nursing research: historical background and development of Evidence Based Practice

„h Nursing research: definition, principles, aims and application area

„h Historical background of Evidence Based Practice: biomedical sources

„h Phases in the research process

„h Sources of nursing knowledge and hierarchy of evidence

„h Nursing research: qualitative vs quantitative research

2. Epidemiological studies: the basics

„h Many approaches to research: differences between observational and experimental studies

„h Observational studies’ classification: descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies

„h Experimental studies: clinical trial (fundamental)

„h Secondary research: literature review and guidelines (fundamental)

3. Clinical decision making: research question and online networks

„h Research question: background vs foreground

„h The PICO(M) method

„h Searching evidence: main online databases

„h Finding the research for evidence-based practice: PubMed

4. Study protocol:

„h Phases of nursing research: study protocol’ s main components

„h Methods and instrument of data collection

„h Reference styles: Harvard e Vancouver Styles

„h Ethical aspects

Development of the examination

written examination

Recommended reading

TEXTBOOKS:

Chiari P.,Mosci D., Naldi E. & Centro Studi EBN. (2011) Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. La pratica clinico

assistenziale basata su prove di efficacia 2/ed. Milano: McGrew Hill.

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