Research Methods in Health Management

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Critique the process of systematic and ethical research.
  2. Compare and contrast the robustness of different research methods.
  3. Determine and justify the most appropriate research methods for addressing an organisational issue.
  4. Evaluate critical aspects of ethical research.
  5. Assemble the capacity and skills to undertake ethical research.

• Topics covered

• 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:

Core

• TAS-HIM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Information Management

Elective

• TAS-HSM-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• TAS-BAA737-Health Management Research Plan

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Students are likely to have better learning experience, if this unit is studied in the second year of study.

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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