Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Fisioterapia

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Unit 1. Scientific research method in health sciences.	Subtopic 1.1 Scientific research in health sciences. Subtopic 1.2 Types of studies. Subtopic 1.3 Methodological quality and documentation sources.
Unit 2. Elaboration of the research framework.	Subtopic 2.1 The research process: stages of the process. The theoretical framework. Elaboration of the report. Subtheme 2.2 Documentation sources: searches and retrieval of scientific information.
Unit 3. Quantitative research methods and models I: descriptive treatment of data.	Subtopic 3.1 One-dimensional exploratory analysis: tables, graphs and descriptive measures. Subtopic 3.2 Two-dimensional exploratory analysis: measures of association, covariance and linear correlation.
Unit 4. Methods and models of quantitative research II: inferential treatment of data.	Subtopic 4.1 Introduction to inference. The normal variable. Inference methods. Subtopic 4.2 Contrasts of hypotheses: parametric and non-parametric tests.
Unit 5. Methods and models of qualitative research.	Subtopic 5.1 Culitative methodology in health sciences. Subtopic 5.2. Design of qualitative studies.