Research methods for Health and Social Care Managers
To achieve this unit, learners must achieve the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria for the unit
Learning outcomes
1. Understand the relevance of research within health and social care contexts
2. Understand research approaches in health care contexts
3. Be able to plan a research proposal relevant to management of health and social care context
4. Understand a range of data
Assessment Criteria
1. Justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision
2. Critically evaluate a range of research philosophies
3. Examine different approaches to research
4. Justify the elements of a research proposal, design an appropriate research proposal
5. Analyse the ethical aspects of research
6. Explain types and sources of research data
7. Analyse data using appropriate approaches
8. Draw conclusions from data collected
9. Analyse and understand the relationship between research and evidence based practice, evaluate an existing piece of research relevant to health and social care
10. Draw conclusions from data collected
11. Analyse the contribution of research and evidence based practice to decision making
Assignment
Task 1 – Research Proposal
Develop an extended research project specification relating to an aspect of health and social care management in which you:
a) Design an appropriate research proposal
b) Analyse the ethical aspects of research
500 word count ( (+-10%) excluding bibliography and appendices
Task 2 – Research Critique
Undertake a research critique of a research article. The article should be research based (for example peer reviewed journal)
The critique should
a) Justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision
b) Critically evaluate a range of research philosophies
c) Examine different approaches to research
d) Analyse the ethical aspects of research
e) Explain types and sources of research data
f) Analyse data using appropriate approaches
g) Draw conclusions from data collected
h) Analyse the relationship between research and evidence based practice
i) Evaluate an existing piece of research relevant to health and social care
j) Analyse the contribution of research and evidence based practice to decision making
It is suggested that the format should take the following form
1. Focus
2. Background
3. Aim
4. Methodological approach
5. Data collection method/tools
6. Data analysis and presentation
7. Sample
8. Ethical considerations
9. Main findings
10. Conclusions and recommendations
11. Strengths and limitations
12. Application to practice
4500 word count (+/-10%) excluding bibliography and appendices
