Module GW2000-KP05, PF2000

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, nursing science
• Bachelor Applied Nursing (part-time) 2022, compulsory, nursing science
• Bachelor Midwifery 2021, compulsory, Scientific theory and practice
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, nursing science
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2018, compulsory, nursing science
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2017, compulsory, nursing science
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2014, compulsory, nursing science

Classes and lectures:

• GW2000-S: Basic Principles of Nursing and Healtcare Research (seminar, 2 SWS)
• GW-2000-V: Basic Principles of Nursing and Healtcare Research (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours private studies and exercises
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Primary quantitative and qualitative research: research process, study design, sampling methods, data acquisition and evaluation
• Fundamentals of descriptive and deductive statistics
• Sources of error in quality criteria in primary quantitative and qualitative studies
• Immersion into methods and quality criteria for the following types of studies: observational epidemiology studies, (cross-sectional, case, control, and prospective studies, including studies on diagnostic precision), random control studies, qualitative studies
• Commonality and differences between quantitative and qualitative research
• Forms and methods of secondary research (evidence syntheses)
• Immersion: structure, methodology, and quality criteria for systematic reviews of intervention studies (including a digression into basic principles, terminology, and prerequisites of meta-analyses)
• Development of and quality criteria for guidelines, including evidence-based information resources for health services in practice
• Ethics in research

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Immersion: the students know and comprehend the requirements for structuring and formulating research questions.
• Knowledge transfer and immersion: you comprehend the diverse approaches, designs, and methods for conducting primary quantitative and qualitative research, and comprehend the classification, depending on the knowledge of interest (research question).
• Knowledge transfer: you know and comprehend the main methodological characteristics of primary quantitative and qualitative studies, basic principles of sampling, data acquisition instruments and methods, descriptive and deductive statistics, and qualitative data analysis methods.
• Knowledge transfer: you know and comprehend the various forms and sources of errors in the research process, and inherent risks in the quality of data.
• Immersion: you possess solid knowledge and comprehension of the basic structure and quality criteria for the following types of studies, in terms of epistemological classification: observational epidemiology studies (cross-sectional, case, control, and prospective studies, including studies on diagnostic precision), random control studies, and qualitative studies.
• Knowledge transfer: you gain an overview of the forms of systematic evidence synthesis (e.g., systematic reviews of intervention studies with or without meta-analysis, meta-synthesis of qualitative or mixed qualitative and quantitative data), and understand the principal differences between systematic and unsystematic (pure narrative) information syntheses, and between diverse forms of systematic evidence synthesis.
• Immersion: you are familiar with the structure, methodology, and quality criteria for systematic reviews of intervention problems, and comprehend the results of structured narrative and quantitative (meta-analysis) summarization of data.
• Broadened knowledge: you know and comprehend the process involving the development, setup, and quality criteria of evidence-based guidelines and similar instruments.
• Broadened knowledge: you are aware of the ethical facets of research and comprehend corresponding requirements and codes of conduct.
• Application and communicative competency: you are capable of translating nursing issues and problems into appropriate research questions, and can select the appropriate study design (primary or secondary research) to investigate the questions, and to suitably argue for and support your selection.
• Application and communicative competency: you are capable of extracting the right core content from the study reports (based on types of primary and secondary research studies addressed in-depth) and to summarize this appropriately in your own words. You are also able to recognize key risks of bias and to state these adequately.
• Application competency: you are capable of evaluating the quality of evidence-based guidelines or similar instruments on topics of nursing, and applying the messages of these instruments to issues or problems in nursing practice.
• Systemic competency: depending on the available quality and quantity of empirical findings, you have the capability to draw suitable conclusions about the need for additional research-based information.

Grading through:

• written exam

Is requisite for:

• Bachelor Thesis Applied Nursing Science (part-time) (PF4950-KP12)
• Research methods 2 (PF3001-KP05)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. phil. Anne Rahn

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
• Prof. Dr. phil. Anne Rahn
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Röse
• Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

01.10.2025