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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
Class Time(s)
Tu, Th, 9:00 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

300.713 RESEARCH AND EVALUATION METHODS IN HEALTH POLICY I

Description
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:
  1. Develop an appropriate study design for a research or evaluation project
  2. Describe different types of study design, including observational, pre-experimental and experimental designs, and their inherent threats to internal and external validity
  3. Describe the basic issues related to measurement of variables
  4. Identify problems with measurement reliability and validity
  5. 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
  6. Demonstrate the basic concepts of cost benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
  7. Identify appropriate secondary data and existing information sources in research projects
Multiterm
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Restriction
graduate students only