| Fundamentals of evidence-based Practice- (Unit 4) |
Purpose
Evidence-based practice in health and social care involves taking a systematic approach to examining a range of evidence in order to answer key questions of relevance to the sector. The basis of evidence-based practice is research.
In health and social care, research is conducted for a number of reasons for example, to find prevalence or incidence of disease, to assess quality of life or patient satisfaction. Research has global relevance and plays a significant role in influencing the development of high-quality provision, supporting a high-functioning integrated workforce and promoting the health and wellbeing of those who use health, care services.
Working in health and social care provides unique opportunities for practitioners to make a difference, developing the skills and knowledge to conduct research is fundamental in order to support quality practice, influence positive change and promote a highly-skilled workforce.
Aim
The aim of this unit is to develop students’ knowledge and skills to understand the purpose and process of research in health and social care particularly in relation to promoting integrated approaches to care. Students will carry out a literature review on a topic drawn from the Practice Themes aimed at quality improvement within wider health, care or support service practice.
Students will learn how to source current literature and assess the reliability and validity of sources to be able to construct an argument that leads to a proposal for a potential research study.
Throughout this process, students will learn how they can dynamically influence changes and improvements within the health and social care sector. The unit will develop students’ skills in understanding the steps they need to take to complete a literature review, academic conventions for presenting literature and how it forms the rationale for a personal research project.
On completion of this unit, students will have developed the pre-requisite skills needed to design a proposal that either extends from their literature review or highlights a further potential area of research. Possessing the necessary skills for conducting quality personal research that leads to evidence-based practice, will enhance students’ academic skills, professionalism and employment opportunities within the health and social care sector.
Learning Outcomes (LOs)
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the role of research for evidence-based practice in health and social care
- Conduct a review of key literature relating to a research topic towards improvements in care practice
- Develop a project proposal using evidence-based practice
- Examine the value of the literature review process in influencing positive change in health, care or support service provision.
The recommended length of this submission is 5000 words, although you will not be penalised for exceeding the word count
| Assignment Brief and Guidance |
Scenario and Activities:
You have been appointed as an assistant to a Project Manager to lead on an evidence-based research project at your place of work.
The aim of this project is to develop your knowledge and skills as well as your understanding of the purpose of researching health and social care with great emphasis on promoting the core principles of care in your workplace.
As the assistant to the Project Manager and health care practitioner, you will need to carry out a detailed literature review on the following topic: Developing evidence based culture in the workplace.
Activity 1- Research
In order to complete this task, you will need to evaluate the skills and qualities required to conduct ethical research and for a literature review to positively influence practice and provision in health, care and support services while analysing your own current skills and knowledge in being able to conduct a literature review in health and social care towards evidence- based practice. To enhance the quality of your discussion and arguments describe the purpose and process of conducting research in enabling evidence-based practice in health and social care.
Activity 2- Literature review and research proposal
You need to critically assess the reliability and viability of own project proposal together with the literature review conducted using a range of sources relating to the research topic and explain the results of literature search that summarises current knowledge about research topic. At the same time, you need to justify the rationale for the proposed research study including the benefits of evidence-based practice as a method in carrying out research.
Activity 3 – Value of research
To conclude, you need to evaluate own journey towards (reflection) contributing to innovation and improvement in evidence-based health, care or support practice and service delivery and analyse how the personal research process has an impact on own learning and practice in the workplace. You should describe the different ways in which the literature review influences evidence- based health and social care practice.
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