13. Resources
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Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| RLO | Reusable Learning Object |
Resources
| Resource Title |
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| Atwall A, Caldwell K. Do multidisciplinary integrated care pathways improve interprofessional collaboration? Scand J Caring Sci; 2002; 16; 360-367. |
| Glanz J. Action Research: An Educator's Guide to School Improvement. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon, 1998. |
| Koshy E, Koshy V, Waterman H. What is Action Research? In: Action Research in Healthcare (Koshy E, Koshy V, Waterman H). SAGE Publications Ltd. 2011. |
| Meyer J. Action research. In: Fulop N, et al (eds). Studying the organisation and delivery of health services: research methods. 2001, London, Routledge:172-187. |
| Molineux J. Using action research for change in organizations: processes, reflections and outcomes. Journal of Work-Applied Management. 2018. |
| Ronen IK. Action research as a methodology for professional development in leading an educational process. Studies in Educational Evaluation. 2020;64:100826. |
| Sagor R. Guiding school improvement with action research. Ascd, 2000. |
| Whitelaw S, Beattie A, Balogh R and Watson J. A Review of the Nature of Action Research. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, 2003. |
Learning outcomes
By completing this resource you will be able to:
- To describe what an action research study is and the stps involved
- The identify and describe the cycle of action research and the rationale of each step through an illustrative example of healthcare practice context
This resource was developed by:
Content Authors: Vildan Çakar, Yessica Tronco and Enes Şimşek
Narrator: Amanda Hill
Project Mentors: Seda Akgül and Richard Windle
Project Developers: Seda Akgül, Melike Ekerim, Amanda Hill and Michael Taylor
Project Reviewers:Catrin Evans, Rachael Drewery
Funding: This work was part of the THRESHOLD project “Training Health Researchers by Experience-Sharing, Harnessing Online Learning Development”, funded under the Newton Fund Research Environment Links, Turkey & UK, British Council.
The THRESHOLD project team:
Name: Seda Akgül
Role in Project: Learning Technologist
Background: Seda is an Educational Technologist at Koç University.
Name: Jennifer Akuamoah-Boateng
Role in Project: Student Author - University of Nottingham
Background: Jennifer is a PhD student at the School of Health Sciences pursuing her PhD in Midwifery. Her research interests are respectful maternity care, woman-centred care, the midwifery models of care and the development of training programmes for the improvement of maternity care in lower-middle income countries.
Name: Dr Emmanuel Asante
Role in Project: Student Author - University of Nottingham
Background: PhD Health Studies
Name: Fatma Atkan
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: This project provided the opportunity to share information as a team with doctoral students from different university. And, it also enabled me to learn about mixed method research and to develop material using visualization techniques of this research method.
Name: Vildan Çakar
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: Vildan graduated from Hacettepe University School of Nursing in Ankara, Turkey. She worked as a medical-surgical nurse, infection control nurse and wound care nurse specialist. Since 2018, while she has been continuing her PhD studies in Nursing at Koç University, Turkey. She also has been serving as a research and teaching assistant at the same university.
Name: Erdinc Demirer
Role in Project: Student Author and Content Reviewer - Koç University
Background: Clinical Research Nurse at Koç University Hospital.
Name: Kardelen Dolgungöz
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: Master degree from Koç university. I started the PhD in Koç university at 2020. Psychiatric nursing.
Name: Rachael Drewery
Role in Project: Student Author - University of Nottingham
Background: Rachael is a nurse and doctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham. Her research uses conversation analysis to investigate compassion in nurse-patient interaction. Rachael's research interests include communication in health care encounters, the translation of policy into health care practice and the application of qualitative research methods.
Name: Melike Ekerim
Role in Project: Learning Technologist
Background: Melike is an educational technologist at Koç University. Designing and developing e-learning contents by considering instructional and multimedia design principles is one of her main interests as well as providing pedagogical and technical support to the campus community.
Name: Dr Sarah Elizabeth Field-Richards
Role in Project: Staff Author and Content Reviewer- University of Nottingham
Background: Sarah Field-Richards is a Registered Nurse and Research Fellow in the School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. Her research interests include sociology of professions, organisational sociology, compassion and workplace wellbeing.
Name: Assistant Professor Nilgün Göktepe
Role in Project: Project Lead
Background: Nilgün is an Assistant Professor of Nursing Management in Koç University School of Nursing. She is also an educator and course coordinator for Koç University Semahat Arsel Nursing Education and Research Center. She is interested in nursing management, leadership, productivity, work environment, continue education in nursing and educational methods.
Name: Seyma Gözaydınoğlu
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: I am happy to be a part of this project.
Name: Eyşan Hanzade Umaç
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: I am doctorate student at Koc University. I study about Child Health and Disease and I have exprience on quantitavive research methods. Additionally thanks to this project, I had be experience about qualitative research methods.
Name: Amanda Hill
Role in Project: Project Coordinator and Developer
Background: Amanda is Digital Development Officer in the Health E-learning and Media (HELM) team, at the University of Nottingham. She has extensive international project management and stakeholder engagement experience. She is a passionate advocate for barrier free learning.
Name: Dr Ada Hui
Role in Project: Staff Author and Content Reviewer- University of Nottingham
Background: Ada is an Assistant Professor in Mental Health and Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research at the University of Nottingham. With an interdisciplinary background in sociology and mental health, Ada leads research studies examining institutional injustice amongst marginalised communities, and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum.
Name: Lydia Jones
Role in Project: Technical Support and Audio Coordinator
Background: Lydia has worked in the HELM team at the University of Nottingham for 14 years and is currently the eLearning and Project Development Officer. She has many years’ experience in project management and audio/video production.
Name: Burak Kundakci
Role in Project: Student Author - University of Nottingham
Background: I graduated as a physiotherapist in 2012. I did my master's in Physiotherapy (Advancing Neuromusculoskeletal Practice) at UoN. Currently, I am a PhD student in Academic Rheumatology.
Name: Bahar Madran
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: PhD candidate at Public Health Field.
Name: Abdulrahman Muslihi
Role in Project: Student Author - University of Nottingham
Background: Muslihi, Abdul is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham and a lecturer at Jazan University. He is the former coordinator of E-Learning unit at Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Jazan University. His research interests include utilising online tools to enhance patients social support.
Name: Öykü Öztürk
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: I am phd student in Koc Universty , meanwhile I attend this Project such as student.
Name: Dr Cherry Poussa
Role in Project: Content Reviewer
Background: Cherry is the Head of Digital Learning Support Services in the School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. She manages the Health E-learning and Media (HELM) team and supports the technical and budgetary aspects HELM projects. Her broad research interests are in the field of human-computer interaction and specifically in web-based learning self-efficacy.
Name: Asiya Said Al Hasni
Role in Project: Student Author and Content Reviewer- University of Nottingham
Background: Asiya is Acdemic staff in Higher Institute of Health Specialities (HIHS) in Oman. Member of curriculum development committee in the institute. PhD student in University of Nottingham. Her research and development interests include open multimedia learning content pedagogy and reuse, stakeholder involvement in content development and student generated content.
Name: Seda Sarikose
Role in Project: Student Author - Koç University
Background: I was lucky to be involved in this study. I learned a lot from our friends at Nottingham University. I've learned things about different research methods. The only challenge of the project was to arrange online meetings due to the pandemic. It would be much more useful to have meetings face-to-face.
Name: Ahmed Sharaf
Role in Project: Student Author and Content Reviewer- University of Nottingham
Background: Ahmed is a PhD candidate at the School of Health Sciences at the university of Nottingham as well as an assistant lecturer of Community Nursing at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. His research and development interests include; qualitative and qualitative methodologies, questionnaire design, Health research content development, and Palliative and end of life care research.
Name: Mara Sprengel-Smith
Role in Project: Project Finance Coordinator
Background: Mara Sprengel-Smith is the Contract Delivery Support Officer in the School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. She provides budget monitoring, contractual, financial reporting, and project management support to a portfolio of student mobility and Erasmus+ research projects, as well as coordinating educational contracts, CPD and business development.
Name: Michael Taylor
Role in Project: Lead Project Developer and Academic Designer
Background: Mike is an experienced Open Educational Practioner and Academic Designer and his interests include open multimedia learning content pedagogy and reuse, stakeholder involvement in content development, co-creation development practices and student generated content.
Name: Dr Kader Tekkas Kerman
Role in Project: LContent Reviewer
Background: Dr. Kader Tekkas Kerman is an assistant professor of public health nursing at Koc University School of Nursing. Her research interest focuses on assessing and promoting health of vulnerable populations including those women and children; chronically ill and disabled; immigrant and refugees. She is experienced on innovative methods, active learning techniques and output-based training models in education, and curriculum development.
Name: Dr Y. Abigail Tronco Hernandez
Role in Project: Staff Author - University of Nottingham
Background: Abigail recently completed a PhD in Health studies, her research was focused on Nutrition Education and has implications for healthcare students. She is a postgraduate research assistant in the School of Nursing working on a project to improve GPs education on mental health. Her research interests include health education, health promotion and nutritional care in the workplace and for people who have been affected by COVID-19.
Name: Professor Heather Wharrad
Role in Project: Project Lead
Background: Heather is Professor of e-Learning and Health Informatics at the University of Nottingham and co-academic lead for the HELM team. Her research and development interests include pedagogical co-design of digital learning in healthcare contexts and capacity building in open digital education. She leads national and international projects in digital learning and has published widely in this field.
Name: Professor Richard Windle
Role in Project: Project Lead
Background: Richard is Professor of Digital learning at the University of Nottingham and co-academic lead for the HELM team. As well as leading online curriculum development, his research and development interests include open multimedia learning content pedagogy and reuse, stakeholder involvement in content development and student generated content.
Name: Zuhal Zeybekoglu
Role in Project: Project Lead
Background: Zuhal is the Manager of Office of Learning and Teaching at Koc University. She designs and delivers faculty development programs, supports academic programs in curriculum evaluation and conducts SoTL projects. She holds Ph.D. in education and her research interest mainly focuses on improving learning and teaching in higher education.
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