HSA-650 RESEARCH APPLICATION IN HEALTH SERVICES
This course provides an introduction to basic methods of research and program evaluation within the healthcare context. Throughout the coursework, students learn to comprehend and critique published health services research and health program evaluations, and develop a design for a research or evaluation project. More specifically, students will identify different types of study design, including observational, pre-experimental and experimental designs, and their inherent threats to internal and external validity. The course is also designed to provide students with understandings on issues in the current health service research, such as measurement errors, data validity and reliability, and sampling methods and procedures. This course is recommended for students who will be carrying out policy research, social science research, or program impact evaluation within health delivery systems. It is also relevant to those who will apply the results of Health Services Research (HSR) done by others.