Evidence-Based Practice for Patient Care - Single module

3 good reasons to study Evidence-Based Practice for Patient Care at Salford

Develop the knowledge and skills to understand and apply the evidence to your current practice for the benefit of patient care
Be part of a multi-disciplinary learning environment
Delivered by staff who are subject experts in their field

You can take this course as a single module for continuing professional development or as part of the MSc Advanced Nursing

This module will explore:

Searching: formulating a search question, selecting search terms, building up a search strategy, limiting searches and sources of health and social care information (e.g. MEDLINE; CINAHL; PSYCHINFO etc.)
Appraising: for quantitative (e.g. RCT and survey); qualitative (e.g. participant observation); systematic reviews; policy documents and other evidence
Synthesising: what is a systematic review, literature searching dimension plus appraisal; issues in synthesising RCT's Vs qualitative research
Implementing findings into practice: need for change management; research evidence and other evidence; current approaches in health and social care (audit, guidelines, protocols, CRD, Cochrane, evaluation, performance review) and gaining local ownership
You will be encouraged to draw from different areas of practice such as mental health, child care, older people in order to exploit the considerable professional experience/range of work settings

Course details

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