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Dissertation: Advancing Evidence-Based Practice & Implementing Research into Practice - HEA00171M

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Credit value: 40 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
    • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2024-25 to Summer Term 2024-25

Module aims

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

Produce students who are aware of how evidence-based literature informs the development of nursing knowledge and are capable of contributing to that knowledge, with an ability to publish an article on a contemporary practice-related nursing issue.

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 choice.

  2. Apply an appropriate search methodology to retrieve literature relevant to an area of their choice.

  3. Critically analyse, synthesise and evaluate identified evidence relating to their research question.

  4. Formulate and propose recommendations for healthcare practice based on their findings.

  5. Evaluate and analyse a range of approaches to support the implementation of research and research findings.

  6. Formulate and justify a plan for implementation of research findings.

Module content

Literature review, methods, critical appraisal

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation 100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation 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:

Aveyard, H.; Payne, S. & Preston, N. (2021) A Post-graduate's guide to doing a literature review: in health and social care. (2nd edition) London: Open University Press.


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