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Overview
The Institute of Nursing provides an exciting opportunity for nurses and other health professionals interested or engaged in qualitative or quantitative research. In 2011, the first of a series of Summer Schools in Qualitative Research Methodology took place in Winterthur. This year the Quantitative Research Methodology will be focused.
These Summer Schools will be held at an advanced level and focus on one particular research tradition at the time, offering workshops and lectures from international experts in the field.
The Summer School is a joint venture of the Research & Development and the Continuing Education Units at the Institute of Nursing. The institute aims to promote excellence in nursing research and education.
International Summer School 2015
Evidence based practice through quantitative research
Monday, 31 August - Friday, 4 September
The 2015 International Summer School offers hands-on professional development in quantitative research methodology for health practitioners with basic research training and/or experience.
This workshop is for health professionals who want to learn more about practical applications of quantitative research methods in the health sciences to improve their evidence based practice by
- building up their skills to critically appraise published scientific articles, and
- studying and applying the tool-kit necessary to start and develop their own health research projects.
Programme Structure
- Registration, organizational issues
- Revision of important basic concepts and research approaches
- Practical exercises
- In depth discussion of experimental and observational design options, together with their corresponding measures of association
- Interactive group work on critical appraisal of published research
- In depth discussion of experimental and observational design options, together with their corresponding measures of association
- Interactive group work on critical appraisal of published research
- Public event
- Review the principals of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses
- Development of the own research projects.
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- Course evaluation of the class
Lecturers
- Petra Buettner, PhD
- Reinhold Mueller, MSc, PhD
- Monika Bührer Skinner, DrPH, MPH&TM, BNSc, RN, CRNA
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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More details
August 31
Language
English
Credits
3 ECTS
Campus Location
- Zürich, Switzerland
Disciplines
NursingWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Target Audience and LevelThe target audiences are nurses and other health professionals such as physiotherapists, midwives, occupational therapists or social workers, who want to improve their quantitative research competencies. The Summer School is held at an advanced level. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge in quantitative research methodologies.Student Insurance via Studyportals Partner
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