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Dissertation: Advancing Evidence-Based Practice - HEA00117M

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Module co-ordinator: Mr. Russell Yates
  • Credit value: 40 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

Develop students’ ability to think critically about nursing and independently undertake inquiry into the evidence-base.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. Develop a clear research question relevant to an area of their clinical practice.
  2. Apply an appropriate search methodology to retrieve literature relevant to their identified research question and report the outcomes of searching.
  3. Develop inclusion and exclusion criteria in relation to their research question
  4. Critically analyse, synthesise and discuss the included literature relating to their research question.
  5. Formulate and propose recommendations for healthcare practice based on their findings.

Indicative assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation
Dissertation		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Indicative reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation
Dissertation		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

Indicative reading

As each dissertation topic differs, key texts are recommended by the dissertation supervisor. However, students are also directed towards:

Boland, A. Cherry, G. and Dickson, R. eds. (2017) Doing a systematic review: A student's guide. Sage.


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