HSCI 300

HSCI 300: Foundations in Healthcare Research (GE)

Credit Hours: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture
Prerequisites: STAT 200.

Note(s): General Education and Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning designated course.

Catalog Description
Students focus on the foundations of healthcare research methodologies, including research designs, data collection, health analytics, data mining, and ethics. Students are introduced to basic research techniques that can be applied to healthcare management.

Course Content

Selecting a Research Question/Review. the Literature

Specific Aims/Professional Dev. /Coauthoring

Identifying a Study Question

Study Designs

Study Designs Continued...

Selecting a Study Approach

Research Protocol

Collecting Data

Designing a Study& Collecting Data

Data Analysis and Management

Data Analysis and Management Continued…

Analyzing Data

Presenting Research& CITI TRAINING

Publishing Research

Reporting Findings

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

This is an online, distance learning, course organized around student-centered learning modules, experiential activities, films/videos, lecture, case studies, guest speakers, and individual investigation of published literature. This is not a self-paced course, students are required to complete weekly course content. Students are required to attend three synchronous sessions throughout the semester.

Student Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this course, students will be able to:

Describe healthcare research design and data collection methods.
Analyze healthcare data using basic statistical procedures.
Discuss how data mining is used to summarize and categorize data and identify relationships and patterns.
Identify ethical principles associated with conducting research.
Explain how research techniques are used in healthcare management.

Assessment Measures

Assessment measures may include a range of strategies such as student presentations, discussion boards, quizzes, exams, papers (annotated bibliography, literature review, etc.), virtual training (CITI), case- studies, and online survey tools.

Other Course Information

Course materials will be updated by the instructor as they become available.

Review and Approval

March 01, 2021

Revised June, 2023