January 2010 - December 2010
This course is practical in its focus and is applications-oriented. Participants will be able to directly apply course content to a subject of interest to them or their organization. This will be achieved through the development of a three-phase project. Sufficient instructional feedback will be offered to participants to ensure the successful undertaking of a research project by the course's conclusion. Ultimately, the course will equip participants with significant skills to design and implement future in-house research projects.
Course Objectives:
When you complete this course you should find your professional and managerial skills enriched through a basic working knowledge of applied research methods pertaining to institutional and community health organizations.
Participants who successfully complete the course should be able to:
- Design simple opinion surveys or practical experiments that meet specific objectives and adhere to predetermined
budgets and schedules.
- Construct reliable and valid research instruments.
- Effectively collect qualitative and quantitative data.
- Analyze, present and facilitate the implementation of research findings.
Course Content:
- Research Applications: Research as a management tool;
- Qualitative Research: Quick and easy ways to gather valuable information;
- Surveys: How to design surveys that work; Experiments: Experimentation and program evaluation; Project Planning: -
Research design, budgeting, scheduling and obtaining funds;
- Instrument Design: Constructing effective questionnaires;
- Analysis and Presentation: Tabulating and presenting findings that are "user-friendly"; Implementing Results: Using
research results to institute organizational change
Registration Information:
Payment of the registration fee is required prior to the conference to guarantee a space.
Fee: $674.29 plus GST $33.71 = $708.00
To register, please contact:
Amanda Nilsson
Educational Services, Ontario Hospital Association
200 Front Street West, Suite 2800
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L1
Phone: (416) 205-1534
Fax: (416) 205-1340
Email: anilsson@oha.com