HTH RS M 721 / Fundamentals of Health Research and Evaluation Methods

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in HRM; or eHealth/Health Policy programs plus permission of instructor.

The course will cover the basic concepts in formulating a research question, literature review, study design, selection of study sample, outcome measurement, research ethics and knowledge translation. The course will provide students the opportunity to develop a health research question and determine the appropriate quantitative methodology for a research question that involves human participants or human participant data. Research designs that will be discussed include randomized clinical trials, cohort and case-control designs and the evaluation of diagnostic test properties.