Course Code
6101
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
6th Semester
Course Category
Compulsory
Compulsory
Course Description
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
- Describe experimental examples in the field of communication disorders
- Analyze the basic elements of the structure of an article (bibliographic review, case study or research article, qualitative research)
- Explain a study in its component parts
- Compare and distinguish research methodologies in different articles
- Apply the knowledge they have acquired to design a simple research study
- GENERAL COMPETENCES
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• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Group or independent Assignment
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism - SYLLABUS
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The course is structured 13 lessons. Sections:
- Research ethics
- Measurement variables and scales
- Steps of scientific research, Sampling, Validity, Reliability
- Evidence-based practice in communication disorders
- Research strategies in communication disorders (quantitative and qualitative research)
- Research design in communication disorders
- Experimental models for studying treatment efficacy
- The "Introduction" section of a research article
- The "Methodology" section in a research paper
- The "Results" section in a research article
- The "Discussion" section in a research article
- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
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Activity Semester workload Lectures 26
Practice Exercises 26
Protocol Writing for research or a review study 50
Independent personal study and preparation for the exam 23
Course total 125 hours. (5 ECTS)
- STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
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Final exam: 50% of the total grade at the end of the semester
The exam will include short answers and/or closed-ended (e.g., multiple-choice) questions.
Assignment (Research proposal): 50% of the total grade
The evaluation criteria are presented during the first lecture
- ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Books
- Polit, D. F., & Tatano, B. C., (2025). Μεθοδολογία Έρευνας στις Επιστήμες Υγείας. Broken Hill Publishers, Ltd. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [133028180]
- Γεωργοπούλου, Σ. Χ. Μεθοδολογία Έρευνας και Ανάλυση Δεδομένων στη Λογοπαθολογία. Αθήνα: Κωνσταντάρας. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [68394500]
- Houser, J. (2019). Η έρευνα στις επιστήμες υγείας. Αθήνα: Κωνσταντάρας. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [133036733]
Additional bibliography
- Kviz, F. J. (2023). Διεξαγωγή Έρευνας στις Επιστήμες Υγείας. Αθήνα: Προπομπός. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [112706955]
- COURSE WEBSITE (URL)