Research Methods for Healthcare Professionals

RESEARCH METHODS
FOR HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS

Table of Contents
TASK 1- RESEARCH PROPOSAL...............................................................................................2
Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
Research methods........................................................................................................................2
Ethical aspects.............................................................................................................................3
TASK 2- RESEARCH CRITIQUE.................................................................................................4
Focus............................................................................................................................................4
Background..................................................................................................................................4
Aim..............................................................................................................................................5
Methodological approach............................................................................................................5
Data collection methods/ tools.....................................................................................................5
Data analysis and presentation.....................................................................................................5
Sample.........................................................................................................................................6
Ethical considerations..................................................................................................................6
Main findings...............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion and recommendations...............................................................................................7
Strengths and limitations.............................................................................................................8
Applications to practice...............................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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TASK 1- RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Introduction
Background
Telehealth care is a kind of digital technological care in which care to service users is
being provided with the help of mobile devices, computers. It further helps people in accessing
healthcare facilities with the help of digital informational system remotely (Lurie and Carr,
2018). Telehealth care system can directly help in providing mental health care services to
people remotely as per their needs and requirements. Today due to current pandemic situation of
Covid-19 adoption of telehealth care has become a basic and important necessity for people as it
has made it much easier for people to access healthcare services virtually or digitally for gaining
advice for bringing improvement within overall physical and mental health of individuals. In this
pandemic time period telehealth care system has directly helped in diagnosing, identifying,
controlling and treating any kind of mental illness or issue from which an individual is suffering
without requiring to go to hospital and can directly access those services virtually with the help
of telehealth care system with the help of a digital platform (Banbury and et. al., 2020).
Aim
To evaluate role of telehealth care in improving mental health of people during Covid-19
Objectives
 To evaluate impact of Covid-19 upon metal health of people
 To analyse ways in which telehealth care can enhance wellness of people
 To recommend ways in which telehealth care can improve mental health of people during
Covid-19
Research Questions
 How Covid-19 has impacted overall metal health of people?
 How telehealth care can enhance wellness of people?
 What are recommend ways in which telehealth care can improve mental health of people
during Covid-19?
Research methods
Research philosophy
Research philosophy that will be chosen for this research project is interpretivism
research philosophy
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