HPRO 5501

This course is intended for students in thesis-based graduate health-related programs to help guide the development of a quantitative research proposal. This course will begin with graduate-level skills in evidence synthesis and critical appraisal of research, and foundational concepts across a variety of research designs and approaches will be explored and critiqued before emphasizing quantitative methods and proposal preparation. Research methods will be examined in relation to the development and testing of scientific theory, questions, and hypotheses. Students will formulate a quantitative research question and hypothesis, design a quantitative study, and begin to develop a research proposal, in addition to an introduction to research ethics and knowledge translation.