Health Research Methods

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Formulate feasible and contextually relevant health research questions using appropriate frameworks.
  2. Critique health research designs to justify when to use quantitative and qualitative methodology and methods.
  3. Justify appropriate sampling, data collection and analysis methods in health research.
  4. Critically appraise health research by evaluating different levels of evidence, identifying sources of bias, and assessing methodological limitations.
  5. Assess how culture, context and ethical principles influence the design and conduct of health research methods.

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-AQS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-APM-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Management)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Tutorial (Online) 1-hour fortnightly.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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