HAD6760H

Doctoral students only

The field of health services research draws upon theories, research designs and methods from a wide variety of disciplines including social and behavioural sciences, clinical sciences, management and administrative sciences, law, epidemiology and biostatistics. The goal of this course is to provide a forum for doctoral students to explore theoretical/conceptual frameworks, study designs and research methods, and to apply them in the preparation of a health services research project.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Draw upon and integrate the research theories and methods used in a variety of disciplines to define a research question and plan a health services research project;
• Develop a conceptual framework for a research study and use it as the basis for a study design;
• Understand the application of quantitative and qualitative methods used in health services research;
• Demonstrate the analytic skills required to critically read and evaluate the health services research literature;
• Develop and defend a research question, conceptual framework and methodology that addresses an important health services research question.

• Session facilitation   25%
• Literature review   35%
• Theoretical/conceptual framework project   40%