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This module explores the dynamics of evidence-based practice with regard to interventions in the health and social care setting. The aim of the module is to enable practitioners to critically explore the evidence underpinning decision-making in health and social care delivery. Professional and political agendas will be explored together with dilemmas in practice. The module will enable students to effectively utilise a variety of evidence to support the rationale for intervention / care planning and delivery.

This module will cover the following topics:

• overview of research methodology;
• clinical research governance;
• principles of research ethics and the way that this varies between the sectors;
• introduction to desk based research methodologies;
• introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methodologies;
• use of appraisal tools to develop critical analyses of research and other types of evidence;
• evidence based healthcare;
• research proposals.

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. Review critically appropriate evidence from a variety of sources;
2. Utilise critically evaluated research and other evidence to support and inform practice;
3. Utilise IT databases to access evidence using identified search strategies;
4. Demonstrated the application of evidence as a rationale for care delivery;
5. Critically evaluated decision-making processes;
6. Develop informed health care research proposal.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.