Nursing Research Self–Directed Learning Package

This learning material is a series of modules, exercises and research examples for the benefit of any nurse at Providence Health Care who may be interested in furthering their knowledge in the area of research. Each module has its own distinct content but all share the same features in that they are essentially "how to" guides.

Course Outline

Objectives:
1. To support nurses and allied health professionals in their learning of the principles of research design at an introductory level.
2. To enable the learner to identify clinical and academic research issues from the nursing and broader health care community.

Educational Methods:
This is a 5 Module online course that includes the following content:
• Required reading of research case material
• Learning-centred exercises

Evaluation:
Learners may conduct self-evaluations by completing the evaluation requirements at the end of the course. Each module includes exercises that are to be completed to ensure complete learning facilitation. While the modules draw on specific research problem examples, these may be tailored to accommodate individual research issues and to allow for maximum capacity learning.