300.715.01
Research and Evaluation Methods in Health Policy II
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 9:00 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
300.713 RESEARCH AND EVALUATION METHODS IN HEALTH POLICY I
Builds upon the principles and skills introduced in Research and Evaluation Methods I to prepare students to develop research and evaluation proposals. Topics include approaches for assessing the impact of health policy and health program implementation; survey research techniques; qualitative research methods; quality of care and outcomes measurement; use of existing health and safety data; measurement issues of reliability and validity; and basic cost benefit and effectiveness analysis with the intent of making students better conductors of research.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Develop an appropriate study design for a research or evaluation project
- Describe different types of study design, including observational, pre-experimental and experimental designs, and their inherent threats to internal and external validity
- Describe the basic issues related to measurement of variables
- Identify problems with measurement reliability and validity
- Discuss how survey research is used in health services research and evaluation including choice of sampling techniques, determination of sample size, and approaches to writing survey questions
- Demonstrate the basic concepts of cost benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
- Identify appropriate secondary data and existing information sources in research projects
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Restriction
graduate students only