Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 400839

Coordinator Rachel Gregory-Wilson Opens in new window

Description This subject provides students with the opportunity to apply the principles of primary health care to an area of primary health care concern in their workplace or community. Each student will gain comprehensive knowledge of the process of action research, participatory action research and collaborative inquiry to improve an identified issue their workplace practice.

School Nursing & Midwifery

Discipline Nursing

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 1 10cp

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Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Distinguish between action research, participatory action research and collaborative  inquiry
2. Critically discuss collaborative aspects of inquiry in the context of primary health care
3. Identify issues that are suitable for collaborative inquiry
4. Write a background to an inquiry that reflects knowledge of the field
5. Embed the principles of primary health care into the inquiry process to effect genuine change
6. Plan strategies to manage ethical issues in a collaborative inquiry
7. Plan a collaborative inquiry using a systematic approach
8. Critique the plan of a collaborative inquiry project

Subject Content

Module 1 - Action research, participatory action research and co-operative inquiry
- Overview
- action research process
- Participatory action research process
- comparison of ideologies of action research and Participatory action research
- co-operative inquiry process
- Embedding The principles of primary health care in The collaborative research process
Module 2 - Ethical considerations for researching in partnerships
- Ethical Issues in The research process
- specific Ethical considerations for sensitive collaborative research approaches
Module 3 - Proposal framework using participatory action research / co-operative inquiry
- proposal frameworks for Projects using Participatory action research and cooperative inquiry approaches
- application of frameworks to Projects
Module 4 - Planning the inquiry
- identification of The fundamentals of primary health care relevant to The proposed inquiry
- application of An appropriate structured framework for The proposed inquiry
- Initiating of An inquiry group
- research plan including procedures to address rigour
- Facilitators and barriers to collaborative inquiry
- critique of Planned proposal