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Research in Placement

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:27.08.2024 11:45:26
Study Course Information
Course Code:VPUPK_097LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and RehabilitationTarget Audience:Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Inese Paiča
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes16
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
All year 1 and 2 compulsory study courses.
Objective:
To enhance the research competence in arts therapies in specialisation.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Information about study course content, demands and assessment criteria.Classes1.00auditorium
2Support during research development. Overcoming procrastination. Professional development plan.Classes7.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Organization and implementation of the research process. Preparation and presentation of further professional development plan.
Assessment Criteria:
Written “Further development plan” (pass/ fail), self-reflection about one’s experience during the research (pass/ fail).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Report (Placement)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students compare and critically analyse different research strategies and designs to achieve their research goals as well as assess the potential risks and hazards that might arise during the research. Compare and choose the most suitable theoretical approaches and conceptions, ground the link between theory and practical work. Analyse ethical dilemmas.
Skills:Elaborate their own study, substantiating the topicality and problem of the study, formulating the aim and the research issue/ hypothesis, forming purposeful bibliography by choosing appropriate methods of data acquisition and analysis, integrating the ethical requirements of scientific research during the process of inclusion and selection of research subjects, conducting their consent. Apply the most suitable methods, techniques and interventions for gaining the set goal. Are critical during the process and towards the result.
Competencies:Students organise and manage their research project. Are conducting their activities ethically, according to their professional competence, recognise their professional advantages and restrictions. Are self-reflecting and reflecting about colleagues during the supervisions.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Mārtinsone, K. un Pipere, A. (red.) (2021). Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija: Starpdisciplināra perspektīva: Kolektīvā monogrāfija. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.
2Fancourt, D. (2017). Arts in Health. Designing and Researching Interventions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3Gilroy A. (2006). Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice. London: Sage Publications. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1Kapitan, L. (2010). Introduction to art therapy research. New York: Routledge.
2Murphy, K., & Wheeler, B. (2016). Music Therapy Research. Barcelona.
Other Information Sources
1Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
2International Journal of Arts Medicine
3Исцеляющее искусство. Журнал Арт-терапевтической Ассоциации СПб
4The Arts in psychotherapy