Course Title

Biostatistics for Medical and Health Sciences

Course Number

7000408

Instructor Name

Mohammed Hayek

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 2023
First Semester 2023
Second Semester 2022
First Semester 2021

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

Basic concepts, processes and applications of nursing research. Research and the role of the nurse in decision making and clinical practice. 

The objective of this biostatistics course is to provide students with an understanding of basic concepts of data analysis and statistical inference in the medical and health sciences.

The major areas covered are:

• Data description and exploratory data analysis used in health-related journals

• Design of medical and health studies

• Screening tests for disease

• Role of statistical inference in public health and medical studies

• Statistical methods for evaluating the association of factors with health outcomes T

he course will make use of case studies and examples drawn from the biomedical and health sciences literature; many of these examples will have been covered in the popular press and may be familiar to students. Each case study will be used to motivate learning basic statistical ideas in the areas outlined above. Presentation of concepts will be emphasized and students will not be expected to do extensive analyses of data themselves.

Upon successful completion of NURS 3360, the learner will:

1. Use peer reviewed sources to evaluate patient care.

2. Critique published research studies for use in nursing practice.

3. Compare qualitative and quantitative research.

4. Formulate a clinical research question.

5. Identify and appraise research studies that pertain to specific topics in clinical nursing from electronic data bases.

6. Describe the process for developing evidence-based clinical guidelines. 

1. Explain the interrelationships among theory, practice, and research
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
3. Advocate for the protection of human subjects in the conduct of research.
4. Evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including but not limited to databases and internet resources.
5. Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
6. Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
7. Collaborate in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of evidence.
8. Acquire an understanding of the process of how nursing and related healthcare quality and safety measure are developed, validated, and endorsed.
9. Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.
10. Understands the need to base nursing practice on theory and creditable research findings and describes the interrelationships among theory, practice and research.

Polit, D and Beck, C (2018). Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice, ninth edition, (9th ed). Walters Kluwer.

Grove, S., Gray, J., & Burns, N. (2015). Understanding nursing research text w/ study guide package (6th ed). St. Louis, MO: Saunders.