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Chapter 4 - Specialization Neuropsychology Form of Assessment Short report (2-4 pages) in abbreviated article form. | 552NP Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Course Option B) – 1 credit Coordinator: Caroline van Heugten, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 84091, 12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.017, E-mail: c.vanheugten@np.unimaas.nl Description of the Course The aim of this training is to provide an overview of designs used in clinical and experimental neuropsychological rehabilitation and into the diverse possibilities with respect to clinical rehabilitation and research into the effectiveness of rehabilitation. 83 The course will address the content of neuropsychological interventions as well as the procedures and designs that can be used for the execution of ‘evidence-based research’. Through the meetings, an elaboration will be given on the basic premises, and the basic ‘pitfalls’ in this type of research and the possibilities to circumvent these problems by proper choice of approach and design. Various designs are compared with their strengths and weaknesses (e.g., experimental studies, quasi-experimental designs, intention-to-treat, single case designs, challenge-studies, depletion studies). Various forms of neuropsychological treatments (e.g. cognitive training, psycho education etc) will be discussed and practical skills will be trained with respect to rehabilitation principles. Instructional Approach Group meetings including lectures, demonstrations, practicals and working group discussions. Form of Assessment Presentation and 2 short papers. | 553NP Data management (Course Option B) – 1 credit Coordinator: Arjan Blokland, Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology (FPN), Phone 38 81903, 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 2.731, E-mail: a.blokland@psychology.unimaas.nl Description of the Course The aim of this skills training is to acquire basis skills in data management. After doing your scientific research, data have to be prepared for data analysis. Usually, the format of the data acquisition software does not match the requirements of sophisticated statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS or SAS). In this skills training, students will be familiarized with the software package Excel. This program has many features that can be very helpful to overcome time-consuming formatting of databases. First, an introduction of the basic features of Excel will be presented. Being familiar with these basic aspects is necessary to understand copying of values and formulas (relative
Prospectus Research Master Psychology 2008 • 2009 or absolute). Also, Excel enables you to make various types of graphs, which can be very helpful for quickly visualizing your data. A fourth aspect that will be dealt with is pivot tables, a very helpful tool to organise your data in any manner you find most suitable for your further data handling. A final option that will be dealt with is the use of macros. These are especially helpful when repetitious changes in layout or recalculations have to be made. 84 Instructional Approach Group meetings in which direct demonstrations are given via PC/beamer. Students may provide the instructor data to be used as examples. Form of Assessment Written assignment. 4.4 M&T workshops | 461NP Research Theory and Designs – 1 credit Coordinator: Bart Scholtissen, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 84100, 12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.007, E-mail: b.scholtissen@np.unimaas.nl Description of the Course The aim is to provide the student with a basic understanding of theoretical and practical issues that are important for the execution of ‘evidence-based’ (intervention) research in the domain of brain & behaviour. This workshop will elaborate on basic issues of research theory and methodology of scientific research with a focus upon the domain of brain and behaviour. The student will get insight into issues involving ‘the empirical cycle’ and basic issues of science. Several methodological approaches in the domain of neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience are presented and discussed. There are four sessions. The first three meetings of the workshop will be led by different senior researchers, who will each focus on different aspects of theory and methodology in the domain of brain and behaviour research. These three meetings will have an identical format, each consisting of two main parts. The first part is a lecture, which will focus on aspects of approaches, conceptualizations, and theoretical background in the various domains of neuropsychological research (e.g. cognitive, experimental, clinical, medical, developmental neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, basic neuroscience and clinical neuroscience). Furthermore, issues related to causality (e.g., causal or correlative inferences), issues related to the multifactorial nature of cognitive and behavioural functioning (e.g., biological versus environmental determinants), and issues related to possibilities for execution of neuropsychological research (designs, short overview of statistical approaches) will be discussed. During the second part, the focus will concern practical aspects of research theory and design. During the final session, students’ presentations will form the basis of a group discussion on research theory and design.
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