 | | This course is designed for undergraduate nursing students (3rd year) studying maternal health nursing. The focus includes the antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal periods, both sick and well and women’s health problems in later stages of life. This course provides students with the opportunity to synthesize and utilize critical thinking, the nursing process, nursing skills and nursing knowledge in providing care to women in a variety of settings. Students completing this course are expected to gain knowledge about reproductive anatomy and physiology, fetal development, pregnancy, in terms of trimesters and labor and birth in terms of the stages and the complications of pregnancy, birth and puerperium. Care of the mother and some common health problems of women will be discussed as the course contents unfolds. | Third Year | | | This course will assist doctoral students to evaluate research designs and research methods, while focusing on quantitative design. Students will design a quantitative research proposal in his/her area of specialization. | First Year | | | The purpose of this course is to help undergraduate nursing students improve their professional writing skills, through critiquing, and discussing the writing styles of research articles in their selected areas, as well as through writing assignments. Issues related to nursing research including writing for publication, dissemination of research, and writing an integrated literature review about a selected area of interest will also be discussed. Students will participate in individual and group activities to meet the objectives of the course. | Fourth Year | | | The purpose of this course is to introduce the undergraduate nursing student to the research process as presented in professional nursing literature. It aims at introducing the basic concepts of research, its nature, purposes, methods, literature review and data collection, analysis & utilization. Emphasis will be on the applicability and implementation of the research process to nursing and health related problems. The course provides the students with the opportunity to prepare for research projects. | Fourth Year | | | Course Description:
This course addresses matters related to health of women and girls- and men and boys- through the life course, with gender, gender equity and biology as important and interacting determinants of well-being and disease. Also included are the study of gender and gender inequity in relation to individuals' treatment by and participation in health and medical care systems, the physical, economic, and social conditions in which they live, and their ability to promote the health of their families, their communities, and themselves. Inherent in this definition is recognition of women's rights in relation to reproduction and sexuality, family planning, and the post reproductive period. The protection of women's human rights for health care services is fundamental to health.
| Public Health and Women's Studies Master's Students | | | This course introduces the student to qualitative research methods in nursing research. The course provides emphasis on philosophical and historical foundations and research traditions that guide the collection and analysis of qualitative data. It offers an overview of various qualitative traditions, such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, Narratives and mixed methods approaches. It includes a focus on the philosophical perspectives underlying each of the methods and encompasses international exemplars of qualitative health research and experiences.
| PhD students | | | | 3rd Year students | | | This course is aimed at developing and strengthening the writing skills of the PhD student. Writing assignments may include a dissertation proposal, grants, or an area where the PhD student has developed a research interest or has a chosen field of research. The student will either create or revise a written document that may be submitted for publication, presentation, or a grant.
| 2016-2017 | | | This course provides the PhD students with the essential elements which define and operationalize the process of curriculum development. Opportunities for learners to explore theories, standards, and techniques to design, deliver, and evaluate a curriculum and learner outcomes will be emphasized. In this course examination of the philosophical and historical influences in nursing education within a contemporary context for curricula development will be highlighted. Students will learn how to analyze a written curricular plan including a mission statement, philosophy, and other essential elements.
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