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Qualitative Research Methods and Literature Review (5 cr)

Code: YH00CW99-3003

General information


Enrollment

07.05.2025 - 30.04.2026

Timing

01.09.2025 - 31.05.2026

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

E-campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

30 - 100

Degree programmes

  • Complementary competence, Master's (in Finnish)

Teachers

  • Tuija Rinkinen
  • Emilia Laapio-Rapi

Groups

  • HLABYTO25-26

Learning outcomes

After completing the 5credit course Qualitative Research Methods and Literature Review, students will be able to:

- design a qualitative research design and evaluate its importance for the reliability of the research

- apply qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis to solve phenomena and problems in working life

- evaluate the role and responsibility of the researcher from the point of view of the reliability of qualitative research

- carry out and describe a data search as part of a literature review and its process

- evaluate the quality and usability of the references they find and apply the results of the literature review to their own work environment.

Assessment scale

1-5