Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care

This unit is part of the BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:

1. A Types of issues where research is carried out in the health and social care sector
   1. A1 Purpose of research in the health and social care sector
   2. A2 Issues
2. B Research methods in health and social care
   1. B1 Research methodologies
   2. B2 Planning Research
   3. B3 Ethical issues
   4. B4 Research skills
3. C Carrying out and reviewing relevant secondary research into a contemporary health and social care issue
   1. C1 Selecting appropriate secondary sources
   2. C2 Evaluation of research
   3. C3 Wider applications of research