Kingwood College Respiratory Care Therapist Program

RSPT 2243 Research Applications  Spring 2009 Evening Program

Revised December 12, 2008 E.K. Buzbee

Revised March 18, 2009 by EK Buzbee


Contact persons/ Facilitators:
Elizabeth Kelley Buzbee A.A.S., R.R.T.- N.P.S., R.C.P.

Kingwood College Respiratory Care Program
20,000 Kingwood Dr.

HPB 118V
Kingwood, Texas  77339
281.312.
1605


email
: kelley.buzbee@lonestar.edu

 

Go here for research web pages:

 

Updates on research class: Kingwood college respiratory care research class up date

 

2007 research class seminar results: G:\respcare\seminar.ppt

 

 


Credit:  2 Credit hour


Prerequisites: Departmental Approval


Course Description based on WECM* description:

“The course focus is on analysis of current research material and determination of scientific validity.  May include active clinical research.”

 

*WECM: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/UndergraduateEd/WorkforceEd/wecm2000/search_pub/default.cfm

 


Learning Outcomes:

“Compare and contrast types of research; differentiate between scientific and nonscientific validity; conduct and present research findings.” *

Upon satisfactory completion of this course the student will:

  1. Describe the types of research
  2.  Identify the ethics of research as determined by both federal and UN mandates in order to evaluate published research; know the history behind these mandates.
  3. Differentiate between scientific and nonscientific research in order to evaluate the validity of published research
  4. Evaluate cardiopulmonary publications such as Journal of Respiratory Care
  5.  Evaluate the collection and analysis of data for published research.
  6. Develop an understanding of the legal and ethical ramifications of human experimentation.
  7. Write weekly analysis of recently-published research in the respiratory care arena.
  8. Becomes certified in human experimentation via the Protecting Human Research Participants internet course conducted by the National Institution of Health http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php.

 


Scans: The Secretary’s commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) has identified (1) reading, (2) writing, (3) mathematics, (4) speaking and listening, (5) thinking skills, (6) personal qualities, (7) workplace competencies, and (8) basic use of computers as competencies required entering employment.



SCANS Performance Objectives:
1.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 1 [reading] Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

  • Understands assigned pages in the text book for this course.
  • Understands the scientific papers assigned in this class in enough depth that these documents can be analyzed.
  • Understands the current literature on Emergency Preparedness

2.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 2 [writing]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Completes homework assignment in a clear and timely manner.

·         Writes abstracts and prepares weekly analysis of these papers.

3.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 3 [mathematics.] Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Calculates the required formulae used in statistical analysis of scientific papers

·         Assesses the statistical analysis used in researchers’ data

4.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 4 [speaking and listening]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Works with peers to prepare a statement paper on assigned topic

·         Participates in round table conversations to keep the faculty & peers abreast of current research

5.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 5 [thinking skills]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Analyzes the scientific papers presented as examples of independent research in the field of respiratory care

·         Analyzes the biological questions and limitations posed by these research projects

·         Analyzes the data obtained and the methodology of these research projects

6.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 6 [personal qualities]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Interacts with faculty, peers and staff in the research social system

·         Monitors and suggests improvements to the seminar planning committee

·         Exhibits personal self-esteem by demonstrating leadership responsibilities

7.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 7 [work place competencies]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Displays the social skills needed to interact with the RCP faculty and with peers

8.            The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of Scans competency 8 [basic computer skills]. Performance will be satisfactory if the student successfully:

·         Interacts with the faculty via e-mail

·         Utilizes the Internet for references for background paper

·            Utilizes the internet to become certified by the NIF to conduct human experimentation

·         Utilizes the TI 82 scientific calculator, or the Microsoft Excel program to analyze data

·         Utilizes computer graphics to create Power point program for the oral report


Course Structure:
Didactic and Laboratory. There will be a 1-2 hour lecture each day.  This will be followed immediately by the students’ direct application of the topic of that lecture to their research discussions in the roundtable sessions.  The focus of this course is to work on skills associated with obtaining information by independent reading of current respiratory care research.

There will be no tests in this class. The student will get a biweekly grade update based on the criteria in the grading portion of this syllabus.


Round Table: 30% of grade

 

Research Papers: Journal club

Each Friday, the student will verbally present his/her analysis of an assigned research paper from Respiratory Care or another peer-reviewed article. The student will answer questions regarding the article posed by facilitators and peers, and if necessary, the student will participate in a discussion with other students who will be reading related articles that week. The participation of the student in this portion of the course will form 20% of the students grade in this class.

 

Independent research: Each Thursday, the research groups will do committee work in preparation for their project. Although many assignments are given a team grade, each student will be responsive both to the instructor and to his committee for assigned work. Failure to support the team will be reflected on the individual grade

 

The background paper, the proposal for submission to the ethic committee and the rough drafts of the final presentation all have to be in computer files compatible with school programs, so that when we critique them, they can be repaired on the spot. Two persons on each committee shall have access to these files so that if one person is absent, the entire team will not be set back. Failure to do this is critical.



Homework: 30%
Each Thursday the student will get a written assignment referenced to Robert Chatburn’s Handbook for Respiratory Care Research (2002). This is available free as a download to AARC members. Please refer to the content section of the course for the reference pages for each week. These assignments will be due Thursday of each week k and are worth 30% of the final grade.  These assignments will form the bases of the weekly quizzes.

 

Late work will be accepted,  but not graded. If the student must be absent, and he/she can turn in required work ahead of time so that the team is not adversely affected, it will be graded.

Due to the unique nature of this course, in which a single project will result from the students’ team’s work, all homework is crucial because it builds the next step.

While late homework will not be accepted for a grade, it may be required to perform the next step in the research project so it must be completed before the presentation.

A student who was absent may turn in homework early for the next week and it will get graded, but he/she will not get a participation grade for the day he/she missed.


Daily Quiz: 30% of grade

Every Thursday, this semester (except for the first and the last) a 8-10 question daily quiz will be given based on information obtained in the reading assignment for the previous week and based on the homework questions. None of these quizzes will be over lecture material.

These daily quizzes’ grades will be averaged and collectively form 30% of the final grade.


Research presentation: 10% of grade  group grade based on data collected, analyzed and presented. Actual grading sheets will be passed out a couple of weeks prior to presentation. Students who fail to be present on this day will be given an F for the program. This grade is worth 10% of the final grade

 


Semester Schedule:

Monday and Tuesday- 0800 to 11:40

 


Required Material:
American Association for Respiratory Care [AARC] student members may go to this web site: http://www.aarc.org/resources/  to log in to get a free PDF download of Robert Chatburn’s Handbook for Respiratory Care Research (2002). All homework assignments will come out of this textbook.

 

The majority of the research papers assigned in this course will be from recent volumes of Respiratory Care also accessible from the AARC web pages and from our school library.

 

 

Attendance:
Students are expected to attend all classes and labs.  An official absence is granted when such absence is caused by official participation in a college activity and the instructor is informed in advance. All other absences are unofficial. Absences caused by unavoidable conditions, such as illness, should be reported to Kelley Buzbee. [281.312.1605.] Because this course is a team effort, the student must also have contacted a team member and made arrangements with them to cover their absence.

 

Absences will impact the final average with the first absence counting one [1] point, the second absence two [2] points, the third absence five [5] points, and each absence following a ten [10] point reduction. In other words, if a person is absent 3 days, he will have lost 8 points off the final average.

 

Tardies will continue to be deducted .33% points each.

Please note that the participation portion of the grade is dependent on the student being in class to participate so absences and episodes of tardiness will be significant to the final grade. Leave of Absence is NOT given in this program. Withdrawal is required.

An absence will result in a zero for that day’s participation and a zero for the quiz for that day. Homework may be turned in the first day back and it will be graded.  


Policies and Procedures:
Student may find the following information in the Respiratory Care Student Handbook.

     - Withdrawal policy
     - Attendance policy
     - Grading scale

The Respiratory Care Therapist Program practices a non-discriminatory admissions policy with respect to race, color, creed, sex, age, or national origin.

 

Grading:

Participation Research papers 30%

Weekly Homework……………….. 30%

Daily Quiz……………………………. 30%

Final presentation………………..  10%

 

The final grade will be based on the following:

                              A     90 - 100
                              B     80 - 89
                              C     75 - 79
                              D     65 - 74

                              F     below 65

 

The following schedule is tentative.

date

lecture/reading assignment

roundtable/homework

January 15

Thursday

 

 How to read a research paper

Chapburn: pp. 48-57

Go here to print homework questions

Independent research committee

Read syllabi in RSPT 2243 and RSPT 2160;  introduce projects & make assignments 

January 16

Friday

LRC Day

Journal club

 

 Start background research for independent research. Each student must locate and print out 3 articles related to their topic for their committee, but also have one paper for journal club

January 22

Thursday

Why we do research.

Chapburn: pp. 1-6

Go here to print homework questions

 

Independent research committee

 As a committee start a 3-4  page background report that will be completed on January 29th

January 23

Friday

Journal club

 Discussion of papers assigned the first week 

January 29

Thursday

Ethics in research

Chapburn: pp. 7-15

Go here to print homework questions

Independent research committee

 

 

 Committee will submit background report for critique  and resubmit corrections

 

January 30

Friday

 Journal club

 

 Present this week’s papers

Feb 5

Thursday

Forming the hypothesis

Chapburn: pp. 32-37

 

Go here to print homework questions

 

Independent research committee

 Based on the background, create a working hypothesis for your project and create a research disign


Feb. 6

Friday

 Journal club

 

 Present this week’s papers

Feb. 12

Thursday

Research design

Chapburn: pp 63-76

 

Go here to print homework questions

 

Research proposal due

 

 Independent research committee

 

 Based on the research design and write proposal for submission to the in house ethics committee .

 

This proposal will be submitted and once it is accepted by ethic committee the group can start the actual research project. The group starts creating forms and may workout actually data collection among themselves.

Feb 13

Friday

 Journal club

 

 

Present this week’s papers

Feb. 19

Thursday

Conference day

 Students off

Feb 20

Friday

 Journal club

 

Chapburn pp

 

Go here to print homework

 

 

Present this week’s papers

Feb. 26

Thursday

Validity and study limitations

TBA

Independent research committee

 

 Create a list of potential study limitations for your project

Feb 27

Friday

 Journal club

 

Chapburn pp. 95-100

 

Go here to print homework

 

 

Present this week’s papers

March 5

Independent research committee

 

Present list of study limitations for critique. Create your forms for the study & work out detail while waiting for research to be approved by the ethic committee—as soon as the ethics committee oks your study you can start

March 6

 Journal club

Present this week’s papers

March 12-13 holiday

xxx

 holiday

March 19

Data collection

Data collection

March 20

Data collection

Data collection

March 26

Data collection

Data collection

March 27

Data collection

Data collection

April 2

Statistics I

Chapburn: pp 122-181

 

 Independent research committee

Using the data collected, create cohorts based on age, sex other characteristic so that statistical data can be generated

 

April 3

 Journal club

Present this week’s papers

April 9

 

Statistics II

Crunching the numbers with Excel program

 

Chapburn: pp 189-204

 

Independent research committee

 Using the statistical data that was generated, we will make both general and specific conclusions about our topics; we will also list the study limitations.

 

Rough draft of presentation is due at the end of this class

 

 

 

 

April 10

xxx

Holiday; everyone off today

April 16

Independent research committee

  Critique of rough draft with correction of presentation.

 

 

April 17

 Journal club

Present this week’s papers

April 23

Power point programs

Chapburn: pp 215-229

Creation of power point programs for research presentation

Assessment of team members by their peers

April 24

 Journal club

Present this week’s papers—no more papers to present!

April 30

Dress rehearsal

Grading instrument will be provided The teams will critique one another’s presentations. Corrected power point presentation will be turned on a disc so it can be included in the research classes web page

May 1

Presentation of research

This is final exam for this course. Attendance is mandatory. Be dressed for photographs. Failure to provide the power point to instructor will drop the team grade.

 

May 7th

Alternate presentation day

If weather cancels the presentation on May 1 we will present on May 7th

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 
I have received a copy and have read the course document for RSPT 2243 Research Applications. By signing, I indicate my understanding and willingness to comply with these regulations and requirements.
 
Student Signature: ________________________________________________
 
 
Date: ___________________________________________________________