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2. HCS 542 Week 1 Individual Assignment Importance of Health Care Research For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 700 to 1,050 word short paper on the importance of health care research in current times. Include your views on health care research and why your feel it is important as it relates to one of the concepts outlined below: Discuss one of the following concepts: Healthcare research’s impact on evidence based practice Key Components of research studies impacting rigor, validity, and ethical considerations

3. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 2 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part I- Problem Statement (Set 1) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Students will use this problem statement throughout the course in a 5 part assignment. Identify a research area that interests you. Develop a problem statement related to health care based on the problem identified. Begin to review relevant research studies related to the identified problem.

4. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Research Article Comparison and Summary For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: University of Research Study Matrix Each team will choose and read one article from the selection provided by your facilitator. Each team member will break down the research article using the matrix table. Come back together as a team and formulate a 500-to 750 word summary of the team’s opinions on the strengths, weaknesses, and application of the findings to health care. Be sure to include all team members’ matrices as appendices.

5. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 3 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part II Literature Review and Research Questions (Set 1) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Chapter 3 of Health Research Methods Create a research question related to your problem statement and then conduct a Literature review. Conduct background reading of your topic Select at least 5 research articles related to your problem statement. Summarize, in 1050-1500 words the articles that best support your research question. Be sure to: Discuss components of a research study Determine validity of study

6. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 3 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part II Literature Review and Research Questions (Set 2) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: Chapter 3 of Health Research Methods Create a research question related to your problem statement and then conduct a Literature review. Conduct background reading of your topic Select at least 5 research articles related to your problem statement. Summarize, in 1050-1500 words the articles that best support your research question. Be sure to: Discuss components of a research study Determine validity of study

7. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 4 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part III Data Collection Methods for Problem Statement presentation (Set 2) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Based on your literature review and problem statement, create a 5 to 7 slide presentation with detailed speaker notes that outlines general criteria used to determine the following Proposed research methods criteria for using a qualitative or quantitative designs describe rationale used to select your target population Proposed data collection

8. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Research Designs For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Use the two faculty-approved articles from week three to complete this assignment. Create a comparison matrix that describes the components of the research study. Be sure to include the following in your matrix: Major differences, as it relates to the components, between qualitative and quantitative designs Identify levels of evidence provided by each study and the implications to its validity. The key details of the two research approaches Some important areas to highlight in the description include:

9. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part IV Target Population Selection (Set 1) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Select the population, sample size, and data collection methods appropriate for your problem statement and research question. Write a 1050-1400-word paper describing how you will select your target population; your sample size; and your data collection methods. Include the following information in your paper: Rationale for identified target population Method for determining appropriate sample size

10. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part IV Target Population Selection (Set 2) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Select the population, sample size, and data collection methods appropriate for your problem statement and research question. Write a 1050-1400-word paper describing how you will select your target population; your sample size; and your data collection methods. Include the following information in your paper: Rationale for identified target population Method for determining appropriate sample size Describe rationale for selecting the data collection methodology. Describe descriptive or comparative statistics appropriate for your health care problem

11. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Statistical Analysis on a Selected Data Set For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Conduct a Statistical analysis on one of the data sets provided or use your own data set. The sample data sets are for the following areas: · Hospital length of stay (LOS): · A hospital administrator is attempting reduce the length of stay in the inpatient setting at four of the systems hospitals. Each hospital leadership team has attempted to implement strategies to decrease the length of stay over the past year. Conduct an analysis on the data provided to identify the hospital closest to achieving the lowest LOS. What are your results of your descriptive statistical analysis? What other data elements would be helpful for a researcher to collect?

12. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 6 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part V Final Research Presentation (Set 1) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes. TheFinal presentation must summarize the health care problem you selected. Describe your proposed research design for your problem statement including the following: · Importance/relevance of problem · Problem statement · Summary of literature review · Research questions

13. HCS 542 Education for Service/snaptutorial.com HCS 542 Week 6 Individual Assignment Research Study Proposal Part V Final Research Presentation (Set 2) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes. TheFinal presentation must summarize the health care problem you selected. Describe your proposed research design for your problem statement including the following: · Importance/relevance of problem · Problem statement · Summary of literature review · Research questions

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