LF:BVMV041p Method.of scient.res.-lect. - Course Information
BVMV041p Methodology of scientific research-lecture
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (seminar tutor) - Timetable
- Mon 22. 2. to Wed 24. 3. Wed 15:45–18:55 N02113a
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- BVVT021c Computer science && BVVP0321c Nutrition in health promotion and public health I - exercises && BVLV0321c Nutrition therapy I - exercises
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Course objectives
- Aim of the course is to provide students with necessary knowledge for collecton, analysis and presentation of the data and information and for authorisation of hypothesis in research. Students should be enabled to understand the evidence in expert literature, statistical data utilization and valuation of the results of own statistical examination. On completion of the course student will be able to search and evaluate research papers critically and to plan the bachelor´s thesis.
- Syllabus
- Introduction to the methodology of health and medical research. (scientific method, deduction and induction, model and modelling, trial, observation, measurment - nominal, ordinal and metric). Variability in the medicine. Information. Literature use - databases (Medline, Science Direct etc.) How to cite correctly. Basic statistical terms (sample, selection, probability). Basic epidemiological characteristics (person, place, time). Preparation and organization of epidemiological study. Processing and presentation of epidemiological data. Scaling, data entry, presentation of statistical data. Selection and sample characteristics for the study. Sample formation for the study - random selection, sample range. Techniques of random selection. Data description (classing, graphs, indicators). Indicators nominative, ordinal, metric. Types of epidemiological studies. Descriptive, analytical, intervention studies. Types of indicators/descriptors in epidemiological studies. Data collection. Basic principles of questionnaire construction. Types of questions.
- Literature
- Jendrychowski W. Maugeri U. Epidemiologic methods in studying chronic diseases - teaching manual, Luxemburg :ICSRB,2000
- CHRÁSKA, Miroslav. Metody pedagogického výzkumu : základy kvantitativního výzkumu. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 265 stran. ISBN 9788024713694. info
- ŠEJDA, Jan, Zdeněk ŠMERHOVSKÝ and Dana GÖPFERTOVÁ. Výkladový slovník epidemiologické terminologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005, 120 s. ISBN 8024710684. info
- GREENHALGH, Trisha. Jak pracovat s vědeckou publikací :základy medicíny založené na důkazu. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 208 s. ISBN 80-247-0310-6. info
- PLACHETA, Zdeněk, Zuzana BRÁZDOVÁ, Miroslava KYASOVÁ, Ivan MÜLLER, Libor PÁČ, Jarmila SIEGELOVÁ, Svatopluk SYNEK and František ZAJÍČEK. Pokyny pro vypracování magisterské diplomové práce (Instructions for writing thesis). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 30 pp. ISBN 80-210-2451-3. info
- GÖPFERTOVÁ, Dana. Epidemiologie : průvodce epidemiologickou metodou. 1. vyd. Praha: Triton, 1999, 254 s. ISBN 8072540378. info
- ŠESTÁK, Zdeněk. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Illustrated by Hana Kymrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 204 s. ISBN 8020007555. info
- KOMENDA, Stanislav. Úvod do metodologie zdravotnického výzkumu. 2. zm. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1996, 114 s. ISBN 8070676671. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- group project, credit
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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