Occurrence | Teaching period |
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B | Spring Term 2023-24 |
This module equips the students with the skills and knowledge to examine and utilise an evidence based approach within practice.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Describe the principles for research and demonstrate how research findings are used to inform evidence based practice.
Outline the importance of responsible research and innovation in improving the quality of patient/client care.
Identify credible source material in order to construct a focused question and effectively develop search terms to facilitate digital database searching.
Discuss and extract key arguments within credible source material.
Research methods, innovation, critical appraisal, legal and ethical issues, copyright, GDPR, evidence based practice, quantitative and qualitative research, hierarchy of evidence.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Non-compensatable
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Ellis, P.(2019) Evidenced Based Practice in Nursing,Sage Publications: Ontario;
Linsley, Kane and Barker (2019) Evidenced Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals 4th Ed, Sage
Publications:London
Maslen-Prothero, S. (2005). Bailliere's study skills for nurses and midwives. Chapter 4. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Harvard, L. (2007). How to conduct and effective and valid literature search. Nursing Times, 103(45), 32-33