Key Facts

Module Title: Evidence-Based Practice
Mode of Study:1 trimester
Contact Details:Contact School of Nursing and Midwifery - 01782 679600
Contact email:nursing@keele.ac.uk
Faculty: Faculty of Health
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This module is to be approved for use with the following courses or programmes:

 

As a core module:

 

All post-registration BSc Pathways

As an elective / optional module:

 

Stand alone

To develop the student’s:

 

  •   understanding of the importance of best evidence in contemporary nursing practice and its relationship to research
  •   ability to locate, evaluate, and use best evidence in developing aspects of nursing practice

Course entry requirements; no other pre-requisites

Politics of Health, Principles of health economics, Forms of evidence & criteria lists, Role of audit, Sources of evidence, Reading and critiquing material, Recognised critiquing frameworks, Specific research methods [characteristics, strengths, limitations],  Utilization of EBP and change management models, Barriers to implementing change, Developing protocols and clinical standards

 

The module will utilize web-based technology and a Virtual Learning Environment

Number of assessments:

1

           

ASSESSMENT DATA (required for each assessment)

Sequence no:          1

 

Type of assessment

 

Essay

Brief description of assessment

 

3000 words – to include a literature review of key current papers and recommendations for practice on an aspect of care that is not evidence based and related to the student’s own clinical area.

Contribution to the module mark (%) (Put 0 if type is formative assessment or competency assessment)

100%

Pass mark (Put 1 if type is competency)

40%