Arnaldo Perez Garcia

Area of Study / Keywords

Qualitative research Health Behavior Behavioral change Dental education Program evaluation

About

I received a BS in Psychology and an MSc in Educational Psychology from the University of Havana, and obtained a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Alberta. I also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Alberta. Currently, I serve as a research methodologist and as the main instructor of a graduate course on qualitative research at the School of Dentistry at the University of Alberta. My research focuses on health and health professions education using a variety of inquiries (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method) and approaches. Within these two research domains, my areas of interest include health behavior, behavioral change, engagement in health services, course and program evaluation, well-being of students and faculty, and faculty development. Over the years, my research has been supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, and the School of Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

Teaching

-          DENT 545 - Special Topics in Oral Health Research

DENT 565 - Evidence Based Dentistry

This course focuses on the general principles of evidence based dentistry. It will cover some basic principles of epidemiology, formulation of the clinical question, search and acquisition of available scientific evidence, critical appraisal and application of evidence in a dentistry context. A final written assignment is a course requirement.

INT D 575 - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Health Care and Education

Qualitative research is increasingly used to describe and understand a wide range of social phenomena, gain input from stakeholders, develop tools (e.g., questionnaires), and further explain quantitative findings. The overarching objective of the course is to prepare graduate students for designing, conducting, reporting, and critically appraising qualitative research related to health and health education. Issues that will be discussed include ontological and epistemological underpinnings of qualitative research, phases of a qualitative research project, methodological rigor, report writing, and knowledge translation.

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