Learning to work in nursing research will give you access to a new vision and a new field of development in the profession”

This postgraduate diploma offers an immersion into the world of research, starting with the basic concepts, differentiating between basic and health research, definitions and concepts according to the different health and non-health organizations at public and private, national and international levels.

 It is also important to study its impact and importance in the world of science for its advancement. A historical review of the evolution of research and more specifically in nursing, its relationship with Epidemiology. The study of Epidemiology is important, since it is the scientific discipline that deals with the study of the spread of diseases, health problems and reasons for their occurrence. 

To know beyond the quantifiable and tangible, the reason why individuals act the way they do or when an event bursts in a way that can lead to changes in the perception of things, qualitative research enters the scene, which allows us to know the meaning of what happens to people. Qualitative research in Health Sciences is based on what people and communities feel, perceive and the meaning they give to health processes and disease, all of this as perceived by people and not from the perspective of the researcher, who must abstract their own beliefs, perspectives and predispositions. It seeks to know people in their context, getting to know what they feel in order to understand their vision of things. Therefore, the objective of qualitative research is not to measure the extent of phenomena, but the description of realities for individuals and communities, through the use of the inductive method. The object of the research being the perceptions, feelings and opinions of the subjects under study. 

Quantitative research, on the other hand, tries to determine the strength of association or correlation between variables, the generalization and objectification of the results through a sample to make inferences about the population the sample comes from. After studying the association or correlation, it aims, in turn, to make causal inferences to explain why things do or do not happen in a certain way. 

In conclusion, the importance of evidence-based practice for the profession is highlighted, so nursing care is determined by solid research results and not according to clinical or traditional predilections. 

A complete process for professional growth that will allow you to include among your capabilities the skills of a trained researcher"

The postgraduate diploma in Research in Nursing Sciences: Qualitative and Quantitative Health Research  offers the characteristics of a high-level scientific, teaching and technological course. These are some of its most notable features:  

• The latest technology in online teaching software
  
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Availability of content from any device, fixed or portable, with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

A unique opportunity to gain access to the most interesting databases and the most powerful educational community in the online teaching market”

The teaching staff includes professionals from the engineering Nurses, who bring their experience to this specialization program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training experience designed to train for real-life situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, where the nurse must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Clinical Nutrition Pediatrics with extensive experience. 

Increase your confidence in decision making by updating your knowledge through this program"

Add to your CV the ability to participate in the area of research and position yourself as a competitive and interesting professional for any company"

This comprehensive postgraduate diploma allows professionals to develop skills and apply theoretical knowledge in real research projects in nursing practice, from the research question/hypothesis to the publication of their results. 

This postgraduate diploma offers you essential support to reach your academic objectives, with a teaching system created to facilitate and increase your learning”

General Objectives

• Obtain the necessary tools to execute the research idea
• Learn how to manage the scientific method that will enable you to become researchers and knowledge producers
• Use different research models depending on the object of study
• Perform bibliographic searches, accessing the latest research results with critical and analytical skills

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Fundamentals of Health Science Research 

• Delve deeper into in the research process as a whole 
• Manage the evolution of research in nursing 
• Make use of the different study designs in nursing research 
• Develop critical reasoning as a researcher 
• Have in-depth knowledge of the essential elements of research design 
• Plan a nursing research project independently 
• Manage skills for writing a scientific article 

Module 2. Qualitative Research

• Have a deep understanding of the methodology and practice of qualitative research 
• Manage conceptual tools that allow for critical analysis of works in health research 
• Identify the most important concepts of the different qualitative research paradigms 
• Delve into the different qualitative research methodologies, their fields of application, characteristics and limitations 
• Understand the importance how communities and individuals interpret reality in order to identify problems and create theories that can then be investigated using quantitative methods 
• Apply the necessary tools to be able to adapt health initiatives to the community's vision, when the community has different cultural characteristics from the rest of the population

Module 3. Quantitative Research 

• Define quantitative research, theoretical bases, general characteristics and basic concepts of quantitative research
• Define terms related to the quantitative research process
• Compare and contrast use and control in quantitative research
• Describe the phases in the process of quantitative research
• Examine the different types of quantitative research studies: descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental
• Value its importance in generating knowledge for nursing practice
  
  

Realistic objectives, but with a high educational impact, in a program of the highest level”