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National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

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Introduction to Health Services Research : A Self-Study Course

Course Objectives

By the end of this e-learning experience you will be able to:

  1. successfully apply your knowledge of health services research to solving research questions
  2. describe the major purposes and content of health services research
  3. recount a brief history of the development of HSR and its socioeconomic and political impetus
  4. identify several key organizations and their functions.
  5. outline the main health services research methodologies and their inherent strengths and weaknesses
  6. conduct successful searches in health services research related databases, specifically PubMed, HSRProj, DIRLINE, HSTAT, and be able to find important health services research Internet resources easily
  7. define some of the key health services research terms
  8. successfully discuss the role of librarians in the search for health services research content
  9. successfully complete one or more relevant health services research case studies

 

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