PSDDS1 Seminar for Doctoral Students I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Marek Blatný, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Filip Smolík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marek Blatný, DrSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to deepen the student's previous knowledge and skills to independently prepare and implement a research project in the context of current approaches known as evidence-based psychology.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will gain knowledge of evidence-based psychology and generally of the principles of evidence-based practices and their founders (A. L. Cochrane, D. M. Eddy, D. L. Sackett, R. B. Haynes). Students will be able to work effectively with information sources, to choose adequate references and to critically evaluate and synthesize the acquired knowledge in the professional text; they will acquire deeper foundations of scientific knowledge and evidence including methodological culture, the importance of the socio-cultural context and the problems of the hidden selectivity of published studies; they will acquire the meta-skills necessary for the preparation and conduct of research projects, including the critical assessment of scientific evidence, the hypotheses formulation and testing, and the planning methodologically different types of research.
Syllabus
  • Evidence-based practices. Evidence based psychology. Using information sources. Scientific knowledge and evidence. Planning of research projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • Mareš, J., Kebza, V.: Psychologie založená na důkazech. Československá psychologie, 56, 2012, 178-193.
  • EFPA Optimal Standards for Professional Training in Psychology, 1990. [http://www.efpa.eu/professional-development/optimal-standards-for-professional-training-in-psychology]
  • APA Presidential task force on evidence-based practice: evidence-based practice in psychology. American Psychologist, 61, 2006, 271285.
  • JAMA: Evidence-based medicine: A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. Journal of the American Medical Association, 268, 1992, 2420-2425.
  • Původní výzkumná studie dle výběru studenta.
    recommended literature
  • Cochrane, A. L.: effectiveness and efficiency: random reflections on health services. London, Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, 1972.
  • Eddy, D. M.: evidence-based medicine: a unified approach. Health affairs (Project Hope), 24, 2005, 9-17.
  • Sackett, D. L., Straus, S. E., Richardson, W. S. et al.: Evidence-based medicine: How to practise and teach EBM. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, analysis of research projects.
Assessment methods
Credit. Conditions for obtaining credit is 80% of active student participation in the seminar and critical evaluation of the original empirical study according to student choice, min. 3 standard pages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý měsíc.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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