.
Research
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:07.09.2021 14:03:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_063 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līga Ēriksone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In sociology, ethics, psychology of communication. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of the principles of scientific activity and practical research activity in health care and midwifery specialty. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Functions of science, process of scientific research, concepts of research. Research design, ethical principles in research, methodological aspects. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Methodological aspects – veracity of knowledge, validity, basic principles of strategy. Research literature, references and use thereof. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Research methods, types of research. Research tools. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Stages of research, choice of topic. Defining the research problem, research aim, objectives. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Research hypothesis, research question. Selection of research participants. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | The use of scales in research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Research topic, objective. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of studies, scientific articles. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Defining the research problem, research aim, objectives. Research hypothesis, research question. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Selection of research participants. Research tools. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Conclusions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently prepare two presentations analysing scientific articles, demonstrating their ability to define scientific categories. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance at the study course lectures is mandatory; seminar assessment – pass/fail. At the end of the course – an exam. Assessment on a 10 point scale. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students are familiar with research directions and trends, conditions and limitations of research organisation, the most common mistakes, reliability criteria, research methods, research instruments. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to identify the most relevant problems in the field, formulate scientific categories, create a research instrument, plan the research process, obtain and interpret literature sources relevant to the research process. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students justify the direction of the chosen research activity, the chosen methodology, create a research instrument that is integrated into the qualification paper. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Pipere A.,Kamerāde D.,Kristapsone S. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģija, dizains, metodes. Raka, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Pipere A., Kamerāde D., Pētniecības terminu skaidrojošā vārdnīca. Raka, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kristapsone S. Zinātniskā pētniecība studiju procesā.Rīga: Turība, 2014. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Rīga: Zinātne, 2003. | ||||||||
| 2 | Umberto E. Kā uzrakstīt diplomdarbu. Rīga. J.Rozes apgāds., 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lasmanis A.Datu ieguves, apstrādes un analīzes metodes pedagoģijas un psiholoģijas pētījumos. 2.grāmata.SIA „Izglītības soļi”, 2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | Raščevska M.,Kristapsone S. Statistika psiholoģijas pētījumos. Rīga, 2000. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kroplijs A., Raščevska M.Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. 2.izd. Rīga: Raka, 2010. | ||||||||
| 6 | Geske A. Izglītības pētniecība. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006. | ||||||||
| 7 | Raščevska M.Psiholoģisko testu un aptauju konstruēšana un adaptācija. Rīga: Raka, 2005. | ||||||||
| 8 | Nucho A.O., Vidnere M.Intervēšanas prasme. Raka, 2012. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.solidata.lv/solutions | ||||||||
