NURS 5010G - Research Approaches for Nursing and Health Sciences

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the various research paradigms and approaches used by nursing and health scientists, and to understand and critically examine their application in relation to addressing specific research questions. Topics include quantitative methods (e.g. experimental, survey research, clinical trials, empirical data analysis etc.); qualitative methods (e.g. ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative methods); action research; program evaluation; secondary data analysis; and mixed methods approaches. The role of knowledge translation and implementation science in communicating and implementing findings will also be discussed.
Credit hours: 3