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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation I
Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online with Some Synchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning
Introduces basic methods for undertaking research and program evaluation within health services organizations and systems. In addition to basic methods, also provides "the state of the art" in research and evaluation through the review of major completed studies. Recommended for students who will be carrying out policy research, social science research, or program impact evaluation within health delivery systems. Also relevant to those who will apply the results of Health Services Research (HSR) done by others.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Critique published health services research and health program evaluations
- Develop a design for a research or evaluation project
- Describe the relationship between health services research and program evaluation
- Identify differences between basic and policy-relevant health services research projects and program evaluation
- Develop a conceptual framework for a study, showing the hypothesized causal variables and the expected outcomes
- Identify different types of study design, including observational, pre-experimental and experimental designs, and their inherent threats to internal and external validity
- Describe the basic issues related to measurement of variables
- Identify problems with measurement reliability and validity
- Identify aspects of quality of care and its measurement as they relate to health services research projects
- Discuss how survey research is used in health services research and evaluation, in terms of choice of sampling techniques, determination of sample size, and approaches to writing survey questions
- Demonstrate and discuss the basic concepts of cost benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
- Utilize secondary data and existing information sources in research projects
- Discuss ethical concerns in protection of human subjects in health services research
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 25% Midterm
- 45% Final Paper
- 5% Written Assignment(s)
- 15% Participation
- 10% Lab Assignments
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Restriction
do not register for 300.713 and this course.