| Course | BUSI 418 Research and Evidence Based Practice in Healthcare (BUSI418) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | BS in Healthcare Administration |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 7 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 7 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 418 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 418 covers
The course is read in Hall and Roussel's Evidence-Based Practice: An Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice, two chapters most modules/weeks, with a presentation and a website each week and open-book midterm and final exams.
Each of the eight forums asks for a thread of 300 to 500 words and two replies of 150 to 350, and every post cites two peer-reviewed sources and the textbook and includes a biblical integration. The Literature Review Matrix summarizes two quantitative and two qualitative research articles on one question, and the Levels of Evidence assignment rates those same four articles.
Explores the practice of evidence-based management relative to healthcare decision making and support. Topics explored include but not limited to: evolution of evidence-based healthcare, locating and evaluating evidence, developing the capacity of healthcare managers to utilize evidence in decision making, and evidence-based healthcare in the 21st century.
BUSI 418 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist, Class Introductions and Discussion Board Forum 2 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Literature Review Matrix (Discussion Board Forum 3 also due) | 200 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Discussion Board Forum 4 (NIH Protecting Human Research Participants Training also due) | 50 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Discussion Board Forum 5 (Midterm Exam also due) | 50 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Discussion Board Forum 6 | 50 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Levels of Evidence (Discussion Board Forum 7 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Discussion Board Forum 8 | 50 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Final Exam (chapters 10 through 15 and 17) | No written paper this week |
Where BUSI 418 papers lose points
Work in BUSI 418 loses points when articles in the matrix are not true research studies, when a study's design is misidentified and its level of evidence set too high, when statistics are described as proof of cause and when forum posts stray outside their word ranges or leave out the textbook or Scripture.
Using a BUSI 418 sample well
The samples treat evidence as a tool for administrators, not only clinicians, so each one starts from a decision about money, staffing or safety. Keep your own question consistent from the matrix to the levels of evidence assignment, and notice how each forum ties appraisal to a choice someone has to make.
BUSI 418 questions, answered
What textbook does BUSI 418 use?
Hall and Roussel's Evidence-Based Practice: An Integrative Approach to Research, Administration, and Practice, second edition, read across all eight modules/weeks with presentations and websites.
What is the BUSI 418 Literature Review Matrix?
A 200-point Module/Week 2 template summarizing two quantitative and two qualitative peer-reviewed research articles on one question, later rated in the Levels of Evidence assignment.
What is due in the last module/week of BUSI 418?
Chapter 17, a presentation and the open-book final exam covering chapters 10 through 15 and 17; the last forum is due a week earlier.
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