Undergraduate Course: Practical Research Methods for Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine (ACCP10003)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A practical introduction to the conduct of clinical research applied to the fields of anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine. |
| Course description |
Practical Research Methods for Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine is a core module required for completion of the B.Med.Sci intercalated honours programme in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. It is designed as a practical introduction to the clinical and translational research in these specialties and covers study design; research ethics; statistical methodology; challenges of clinical clinical research; trial design; and quality improvement methodology. The focus of the course will be in providing a practical introduction to research methodology that will equip students with the knowledge, skills and attributes to conduct a high-quality research project that will be expected of them in Semester 2 of the programme.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is available to 3rd Year Intercalated MBChB students only |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 28,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% degree examination, which will last 2 hours comprise single best answer questions and short essay questions |
| Feedback |
Students will receive real time verbal feedback by the course tutors in addition to feedback via their examination scripts following their December examination. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be able to formulate clinical research questions, and apply appropriate research methodology to answer them
- Understand common clinical study designs; bias and how it can be minimised; clinical trial design; the clinical continuum and patient flow through the emergency and acute specialties; new and novel approaches to study design; and quality improvement methodology
- Select and apply appropriate statistical methodology for clinical research
- Understand the challenges of conducting research in the fields of ACCPM and approaches for dealing with them
- Be able to use biomarkers in clinical study design; be aware of cutting edge research in the fields of ACCPM; and gain a working knowledge of ethical issues in healthcare research
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Reading List
Betty R. Kirkwood, Essential Medical Statistics, Second edition. (Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science, 2003)
Rowntree, Derek, Statistics without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians, [Second edition]. (London: Penguin, 2000) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
After completion of this module, students will be able to:
SCQF Level 10 / Characteristic 1
- Knowledge and critical understanding of the theories, concepts and principles of research methodology for anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine
SCQF Level 10 / Characteristic 2
- Apply knowledge skills and understanding of key research methodology for anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine
SCQF Level 10 / Characteristic 3
- Critically identify, define, conceptualise and analyse the challenges associated with conducting research in anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine
- Offer solutions and problems to challenges arising in the conduct of research in anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine
- Critically review and consolidate knowledge, skills, practices and thinking relevant to research methods for anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine
- Make judgements where data or information is limited or comes from a range of resources
SCQF Level 10 / Characteristic 4
- Present information about specialised topics to informed audiences
- Communicate with peers senior colleagues and specialists on a professional level
- Use ICT to support and enhance work
- Interpret, use and evaluate numerical and graphical data
SCQF Level 10 / Characteristic 5
- Exercise autonomy and imitative |
| Keywords | Research,Anaesthesia,Critical Care,Pain,Clinical,Epidemiology,Statistics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Griffith
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Course secretary | Ms Tracy Noden
Tel: (0131 6)50 3717
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