Course: Science Methodology and Research Methods in Physiotherapy

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Course title Science Methodology and Research Methods in Physiotherapy
Course code KF/MVFK5
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrach Karel, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. consultation: Basic terms: survey and research, basic and applied research, qualitative and quantitative, experiment and investigation. Data gaining (population and selection, identifiers and statistical quantities, questionnaires: types of quantities, pilot investigation). Elementary data description (frequencies including multiple responses, contingency table, modus, median, average, standard deviation, box-plot, time-series and its characteristics). Introduction to data analysis: Gauss curve, population parameters, statistical hypothesis, the level of significance, t-tests, chi-squared test). Seminar Topics: 1. consultation: Work with e-catalogue of the UJEP library, with MEDVIK database and e-catalogue of Krajská zdravotní, a.s. (Regional Hospital) library Basics of working with databases Web of Science, SCOPUS, NursingOvid. MS-Office Excel (modus, median, average, standard deviation, multiple responses, contingency table). MS-Office Excel (commands TTEST, FTEST, CHITEST). Self-Study: By means of the e-learning course and using the literature students get familiar with selected ethical aspects of the research particularly with the issues of informed consent, copyright law and quotation standards. They will also study publishing principles (research definition, ISBN and ISSN, review procedure, impact factor). Students can watch informative videos about the research realized in laboratories at the Faculty of Health Studies. The knowledge will be tested by means of e-learning portal Moodle.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject contains the issues connected with research activities from problem definition, selection the adequate method, research activities and creation of questionnaires to selected option of statistical processing of recieved information and the rules of their publication. The aim of the subject is to give the students a practical manual of how to write a bachelor's project, including informing them about the possiblity of joining some reseach project at the faculty.
Subject Knowledge: Students will know the rules of scientific work process in all the phases from planning to results publication . They will also know ethical codes and citation norms. Subject Skills: Students can research, get and process data using computers and statistical methods (especially, but not only, for the purposes of the bachelor's project).
Prerequisites
Conditional subject was not determined.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
80% attendance record. Active participation (processing the tasks assigned in the e-learning environment Moodle).
Recommended literature
  • Generátor citací. Dostupné z: http://generator.citace.com/.
  • Ukazatele DPS. ÚZIS. Dostupné z: http://www.uzis.cz/cz/dps/uvod.html.
  • Boldis, P. Bibliografické citace.. 2004.
  • HRACH, K. Základy biostatistiky s využitím Excelu. Ústí n. L.: UJEP, 48 s. ISBN 978-80-7414-398-4.. ISBN 978-80-7414-398-4.
  • JELÍNEK, M., et al. Jak psát závěrečné práce na FZS UJEP. Ústí n. L.: UJEP. 2016. 36 s.. Ústí n. L., 2015.
  • LIŠKA, V. Zpracování a obhajoba bakalářské a diplomové práce. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2010. 93 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-021-8..
  • ZVÁROVÁ, J. Základy statistiky pro biomedicínské obory. Praha: Karolinum, 2001. 218 s. ISBN 80-7184-786-0.. Praha, 2007. ISBN 80-7184-786-0.


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