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Term Paper in Public Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_117 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Midwifery | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Toms Pulmanis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Public Health and Epidemiology, Introduction to Psychology and Sociology, Introduction to Evidence-Based Care. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students with basic principles of scientific methodology and the use of principles in the research of public health problems; to introduce with the organization, execution and evaluation stages of scientific work; to read, select and structure scientific literature and prepare literature review about specific topic in the area of public health and healthcare; to develop and promote evidence-based, systematic and analytical thinking process for problem-solving in the area of public health and healthcare. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Research and scientific methodology, research problem, research question, research aim, research objectives. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Research methods, instruments, concept. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Insight in qualitative research methods. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Resources of RSU library in searching for scientific publications. | Classes | 1.00 | RSU Library | |||||
| 5 | Scientific literature, the structure and content of scientific publications, searching, reading, compilation and synthesis of scientific literature, the principles of writing literature review. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of the Topic of the Term Paper. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with scientific literature. The analysis of research publications. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independently and according to methodological guidelines prepared literature review about selected topic of the Term paper and defense. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Semester paper) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describe the stages of research work; differentiate between scientific publications and popular sources of information; recognize sources of information that are based on the principles of scientific methodology; know the databases for the searching of scientific publications; describe information according to selected research question and technical requirements. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to propose and define the aim and objectives of the Term Paper according to research question; to select scientific literature according to research question and chosen topic; to integrate information from different data sources into specific literature review about selected research problem. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to independently formulate research question; to obtain, select and analyze information of public health research according to principles of scientific methodology. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. RaKa, 2011, 284.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bowling A. Research methods in health (4th ed.). Open University Press, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ridley D. The Literature Review. A Step-by-step guide for students. 2nd ed. Sage, 2012. | ||||||||
| 3 | Matthews JR & Matthews RW. Successful scientific writing. A step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences. Cambridge, 2008. | ||||||||
| 4 | Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. The basics of evidence-based medicine (5th ed.). BMJ Books, 2014. | ||||||||
| 5 | Hall GM. How to write a paper (5th ed.). BMJ Books, 2013. | ||||||||
