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NURSING 818

PATIENT-CENTERED RESEARCH

3 credits.

Addresses conceptual and methodological perspectives in how patient-centered research and family-centered care research is conducted, from the development through the testing and implementation of interventions. Attention is given to various conceptualizations of patient-centeredness, to the behavioral and physiological origins of patient-centered interventions, family-centered care interventions, and to the trajectory of testing such interventions, from descriptive studies to experimental trials.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: NURSING 815 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the differences between patient-centered research and terms with similar concepts such as patient-centered care, patient-focused care, motivational interviewing. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss family-centered care research, and difference between similar concepts including family- centered research. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze one program of patient-centered research and one program of family-centered care research. Audience: Graduate 4. Synthesize the issues involved in tailoring an intervention and research methodology to test feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the tailored intervention. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the differences between patient-centered research and terms with similar concepts such as patient-centered care, patient-focused care, motivational interviewing. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss family-centered care research, and difference between similar concepts including family- centered research. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze one program of patient-centered research and one program of family-centered care research. Audience: Graduate 4. Synthesize the issues involved in tailoring an intervention and research methodology to test feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the tailored intervention. Audience: Graduate

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