Course syllabus for Degree project in Clinical medical science

Examensarbete i klinisk medicinsk vetenskap

Essential data

Course code: 4KL017
Course name: Degree project in Clinical medical science
Credits: 15
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Clinical Medical Science
Level: AV - Second cycle
Grading scale: Fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG)
Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decision date: 2009-12-28
Revised by: Programme Committee 9
Last revised: 2016-05-10
Course syllabus valid from: Spring semester 2016

Transitional provisions

The course will be closed-down and is given the last time VT16. Examination will be provided during a period of one year after a close-down of the course.

Literature and other teaching aids

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  • Hulley, Stephen B., Designing clinical research, 3. ed. : Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, cop. 2007 - xv, 367 p. ISBN: 9780781782104, LIBRIS-ID: 10535344,
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  • Handbook of health research methods: investigation, measurement and analysis, Bowling, Ann; Ebrahim, Shah, Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005 - x, 625 s. ISBN: 978-0-335-21461-7 (hbk.), LIBRIS-ID: 9951075,
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  • Streiner, David L.; Norman, Geoffrey R., Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use, 3. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press, cop. 2003 - xii, 283 s. ISBN: 0-19-852847-7, LIBRIS-ID: 9079866,
  • Vittinghoff, Eric, Regression methods in biostatistics: linear, logistic, survival, and repeated measures models, New York : Springer, cop. 2005 - xv, 340 p. ISBN: 0-387-20275-7 (acid-free paper), LIBRIS-ID: 9962279,
  • Dahlberg, Karin, Reflective Lifeworld Research, 2. uppl. : Studentlitteratur AB, 2008 ISBN: 91-44-04925-0, LIBRIS-ID: 10616729,
  • Interpretive phenomenology: embodiment, caring and ethics in health and illness, Benner, Patricia E., London : Sage, cop. 1994 - 372 s. ISBN: 0-8039-5723-8 (hft.), LIBRIS-ID: 5691132,
  • Krippendorff, Klaus, Content analysis: an introduction to its methodology, 2. ed. : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, cop. 2004 - xxiii, 413 s. ISBN: 0-7619-1544-3 (inb.), LIBRIS-ID: 9415626,
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  • Strauss, Anselm L.; Corbin, Juliet M., Basics of qualitative research: techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory, 2. ed. : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, cop. 1998 - xiii, 312 s. ISBN: 0-8039-5939-7 (inb.), LIBRIS-ID: 5691227,
  • Writing in the dark: phenomenological studies in interpretive inquiry, Van Manen, Max., London, Ont. : Althouse, 2002 - 252 p. ISBN: 0-920354-49-1 (pbk.), LIBRIS-ID: 8424780,
  • Day, Robert A.; Gastel, Barbara, How to write and publish a scientific paper, 6., [updated and enlarged] ed. : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 - xv, 302 s. ISBN: 0-521-67167-1 (hft.), LIBRIS-ID: 10148844,
  • Cooper, Harris M, Synthesizing research: a guide for literature reviews, 3. ed. : Thousand Oaks : SAGE, cop. 1998 - 201 s. ISBN: 0-7619-1347-5, LIBRIS-ID: 5601608,
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