Teaching code

4S000436

Credits

5

Moodle Seminars

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

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MM: ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA BASATA SU PROVE DI EFFICACIA
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This course provides an introduction to Evidence Based Practice principles, with a particolar emphasis on critical appraisal or assessement of research evidence in the health sciences literature. The development of critical appraisal skills is important for informing clinical practice. Students will learn important research skills such as how to define an answerable clinical research question, how to efficiently search for evidence on the most important databases, and develop the skills necessary to critically appraise or assess the validity and the generalizalibilty of a research article or a clinical practice guideline.
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MM: ASSISTENZA OSTETRICA BASATA SU PROVE DI EFFICACIA
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The course aims: to explain the guide-lines of ISS about physiological labour; to explore the role of midwife nurse in assistance to mothers during pregnancy and in labour.
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA
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This course provides an introduction to research methods. The principles of research for both quantitative and qualitative research design will be discussed. Students will learn important research skills such a how to develop a research question,how to analyze research designs, ehtics, sampling, measurement issues and bias, how to apply research knowledge to the critical appraisal of clinical studies, and how to write a research protocol.

Program

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Introduction to Evidence –Based Practice (EBP) The significance of EBP in the development of nursing science Definition of Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) Steps of the EBP/EBN Clinical question formulation using the PICO format Background and foreground questions Searching for the best evidence Definition of scanning and searching Designing and conducting the search for evidence in multiple evidence databases Search strategies: controlled vocabulary (thesaurus/mesh), keywords, boolean operators, limit function Searching databases: PubMed/Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO®, Tripdatabase Instruments of EBP: sistematic review, meta-analysis, guideline, Critical Appraisal Topic, Health Technology Assessment
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MM: ASSISTENZA OSTETRICA BASATA SU PROVE DI EFFICACIA
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA
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Research process Major steps in the research process Research protocol Identifying research topic and problem Developing research questions, aims and hypothesis Sampling Sample selection Definition of target population, accessible population and study sample Inclusion and exclusion criteria Sample representativeness and data generalizalbility Type of samples Quantitative studies Characteristics of quantitative studies Clinical trial, Randomized Controlled Trial Quasi-experimental studies Observational studies Epidemiological studies Descriptive studies Concept of validity Data collection techniques and instruments

Bibliography

Examination Methods

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MM: ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA BASATA SU PROVE DI EFFICACIA
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The final examination will consist of multiple choice and open questions to assess students' understanding of the EBP concepts covered in the course and their abiity to apply critical appraisal skills to the assessment and interpretation of clinical evidence
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MM: ASSISTENZA OSTETRICA BASATA SU PROVE DI EFFICACIA
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Written exam.
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA
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The final examination will consist of multiple choice and open questions to assess students' understanding of the research concepts covered in the course.