This seminar is the third of four seminars required for the PhD in Health Services Research. The seminar will focus on how to write the background of the research question and create the conceptual framework. A few frameworks will be reviewed throughout the seminar.
Athena Title
HSR Seminar III
Prerequisite
HPAM 8021
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify gaps in the research area chosen.
Students will be able to describe conceptual frameworks.
Students will be able to develop a conceptual framework for their dissertation.
Topical Outline
1. Recap of Seminar I and Seminar II
2. Review of specific aims and hypothesis
3. What is a conceptual framework?
4. What are the commonly used conceptual frameworks?
5. Conceptual frameworks for the topics identified in previous semesters
6. Reading literature with and without a conceptual framework
