LECTURE PLAN– HEALTH SYSTEM RESEARCH

Day / week Subject matter hours practice hours Students activities remarks
(theory)

Week 1 Introduction to -students participation Group discussion

health system 1½ by giving examples for
research the types of research

Brain storming
Selection of -selecting the
problem 1½ 1 researchable problem
& according to their area
Formulation of of interest.
research problem
-writing statement of
problem.

Review of ½
literature

Week 2 Computer session 3 hours -writing review of Research report

for review of literature for their reviewing –
literature research problem individually

1 1
objectives -listing objectives for Brain storming
their research problem.
 &
-stating hypothesis for
hypothesis the research statement.
Week 3
research
methodology
Active listening All students listen
-steps of research ½ actively.
methodology

1½ Making blue print 1/2 -making blue print for Individually making
-research design for research research. research design

1½
1½ Deriving sampling -selecting the
-sampling plan appropriate population Problem solving
technique and samples for the
study.
Week 4 2 Data collection 3 - formulating Collecting the data
questionnaire and using appropriate
Data collection distributing to samples tools by right
technique and tool technique.
Week 5 2 Computer session 3 hrs -representing the data
for data using tables and In small groups
Data representation representation- appropriate graphs.
-use of tables and graphs
graphs/tables in
Week 6 research 1½ Exercise for vital 1 ½ hrs -analyzing the data with All students do
statistics the use of descriptive calculation
statistics statistics and calculation
2 hrs of vital statistics

Reference writing
Week 7 Computer session 1½ -writing references for In small groups
 for citation and the referred items.
cross reference

Research report 4 ½ hrs writing research report Individual practice

Week 8 Research 3 disseminating research All students present

Presentation report their report
individually by
computer aided
method
Evaluation-Final 2 Writing assignment Open book
assessment