Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The Importance of Research in the Professions - Coggle Diagram
The Importance of Research in the Professions
Research: An Integral Part of Your Practice
Research is used to:
Thoroughly evaluate different functions of the professional's daily activities.
Comprehend and construct standardised rules that preside over a specific task.
Advance and try new theories of evaluating your activities.
Critically examine experimental observations and discover outcomes with the aim of implementing proper adjustments to render a professional service of better quality.
Customers have the authority to ask questions about the standards and effectiveness of the service you render to them and you are required to answer them.
Questions asked by customers include:
How effective is the service which is rendered to me?
Is the service economical?
How skilled are the professionals rendering the service?
Conducting research enables you to answer these questions objectively.
Research: A Way to Gather Evidence for Your Practice
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
EBP is the rendering of services founded upon evidence discovered by research which substantiates the effectiveness of the service.
EBP is the professional's scientific decisions to determine the propriety of the service for the customer.
EBP is the customer's choice of how they would like to receive the service.
EPB is advertised as an approved and scientific procedure for policy construction and service evaluation.
EBP motivates professionals to use evidence of the effectiveness of an action with their professional evaluations to determine the best courses of action in service delivery in the scenarios and factors relating to a customer.
Reference
: K, Ranjit. (2011). Chapter 1 Research: A Way of Thinking. In
Research Methodology a step-by-step guide for beginners 3rd edition
: 22-26. Available from: sociology.kpi.ua/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ranjit_Kumar-Research_Methodology_A_Step-by-Step_G.pdf
Graphics Obtained from
:
http://clipart-library.com/
Research: What Does It Mean?
You can answer professional questions by using unstructured, professional observations or by following a rigorous, scientific and standardised methodology.
The types of questions asked and the significance of their answers will depend on your position of authority in your work environment
If you are performing a research study, the following standards are required in your methodology:
It is within a structure of established philosophies.
Your philosophies might come from a belief or point of view existent in research, that is:
Positivist
Interpretative
Action or participatory
Feminist
Phenomenology
Qualitative
Quantitative
Your philosophies might come from the academic discipline in which you have been trained.
It uses systems, actions and skills which have been substantiated for their validity and reliability.
Validity can be applied to any part of research and it makes sure that research is conducted correctly.
Reliability means that research methods are performed to established standards to ensure they can be repeated and are accurate.
It is formulated to be unbiased and objective.
Unbiased and objective means that you have conducted your research and formed conclusions without incorporating your personal standpoint.
Unbiased vs. Bias
Bias is a conscious effort to hide or promote an idea.
Objective vs. Subjective
Subjectivity is your personal thought process that is formed by your education, background, discipline, philosophy, experience and skills.
Applications of Research
Professionals use methods discovered by research methodologists to gain more knowledge and understanding about their practice.
In order to find better methods and systems used in a profession, you need to conduct pure research so that these new methods can be tested for verifiability.
The truthfulness of your findings will be determined by the quality of your research methodology.
By researching and evaluating the environment of your profession using four different viewpoints, various issues in your practice can be highlighted.
These four viewpoints are:
The service provider
The service administrator, manager and/or planner.
The service consumer
The professional
