Research Methods in Health Services Management

Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: explain the role of research and its impact on the delivery of care; discuss the purpose of research philosophy and language; apply established procedures in the development of a research study framework; develop innovative and important questions and hypothesis in the field of health services research, based on the research study outline; outline the topics related to observation and measurement, including reliability and validity implications; contrast the different types of research methodologies and/or designs, their strengths and weaknesses; identify inherent threats to internal and external validity; select an appropriate research methodology or design to answer the questions of a health service investigation; interpret the different survey techniques in the area of health services research; compare the different types of data frequently used in health service, as well as their strengths and weaknesses or limitations; increase the capacity to read and critically analyze the literature on health services, including research questions, research design, methodologies, and conclusions; analyze research studies to pinpoint key methods, parties, safeguards, measures and outcomes; search for and locate research relevant to a health care issue of the students’ choosing; discriminate amongst definitions of key vocabulary in health services research methodology; and apply research methodology frameworks to pending health services management issues.