Study Programmes 2016-2017
HULG1005-1  
Recherche en science infirmière II
Duration :
5h Th, 10h Pr, 5h Mon. Read.
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Nadine Jacqmin
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Critical reading of health literature
  • Critical reading of research abstracts
  • Steps of nursing research
  • Critical reading of nursing research (full-text)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
  • Explain steps of nursing research
  • Distinguish types of health literature: popular- professional- scientific
  • Distinguish types of scientific research: original study- synthesis study- theoretical study
  • Distinguish a consensual guidelines from a evidence-based guidelines
  • Read critically research abstracts and full-text of research articles
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Nursing research course of bloc I
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
  • Exercises of critical reading (abstracts and full-text)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Cfr. 'My ulg'
Assessment methods and criteria :
  • Preparation of the lessons: 25%
  • Reading of a full text: 25%
  • Final examination: 50%
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
nadine.jacqmin@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Course support
Course support
Critical reading
Some checklists for critical reading of research articles
Documents' Research
List of websites 2016
Nursing research's paradigms
Some support about nursing research's paradigms