The purpose of this course is to provide skills and competencies to equip healthcare professionals conducting or analyzing psychosocial research, to ensure that it is culturally sensitive and relevant throughout all stages of the research process. In addition, members of the public may use this course to enhance their personal knowledge of the subject matter presented.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1. Outline the reasons healthcare professionals should have a working knowledge of research designs and concepts.
2. Identify the tenets of basic and applied research.
3. Discuss the parallels between research and clinical practice.
4. Review different sources of knowledge, characteristics of empirical knowledge, and various research traditions.
5. List concerns and support for conducting culturally sensitive psychosocial research.
6. Define dimensions of culturally sensitive research.
7. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various research and sampling designs and their application in research with ethnic minority participants.
8. Discuss instrument- or measurement-related issues when conducting research with ethnic minority participants, including different translation methods.
9. Discuss data collection, recruitment issues, and barriers to participation when conducting research with ethnic minority participants.
10. Outline the appropriate data analysis and dissemination of research findings when conducting culturally sensitive research.
This 5-hour continuing education course is available for download for professional development; if continuing education credit is desired, please see instructions included in eBook.
