HLSC122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cohort Study, Status Quo, Critical Ethnography
2 Jun 2018
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Epistemology
Is the study of knowledge and how it is judged to be ‘true’
Ontology
The philosophical study of existence...entities in reality, and the relations between them
Knowledge and EBP
● Knowledge base
● Intuition
● Individual patient
What is knowledge?
● Facts, truths or principles
● Personal and professional
● Acquired
● Multiple sources
Patterns of knowing
● Ethics
● Empirics
● Aesthetics
● Personal
● Emancipatory
Sources of knowledge
● Tradition and customs
● Authority and role models
● Trial and error
● Personal and clinical experiences
● Intuition
● Reasoning (inductive and deductive)
● Disciplined research
Problem solving and EBP
“Obtaining information that clarifies the nature of the problem and suggests possible
solutions”.
Research paradigms are…
● Beliefs and practices shared by scholars which shape a researcher’s approach to a
variety of research related activities in their studies
● Organised into major categories:
○ Quantitative (Empirico-analytical paradigm)
○ Qualitative (Interpretive/naturalistic paradigm)
○ Critical paradigm
Quantitative Research Paradigm
Emphasises:
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