Overview

The concept of evidence based practice is central to the health and social care professions, and seeks to promote the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and service user values.  This module will allow you to develop the your application of evidence based practice to achieve real-world impact and utility.

The module will be delivered utilising a blended learning approach, and will require the practitioner to undertake a significant period of work based learning and independent study.  

Module aims

• Identify and justify an area of service improvement within one’s own area of practice.
• Undertake a structured search to identify relevant academic literature, including research, policies, guidelines and standards of professional practice, which underpin the service improvement.
• Critically analyse and apply a range of existing evidence which supports a service improvement within one’s own area of practice.
• Evaluate and apply appropriate clinical leadership techniques and models that facilitate a structured approach to quality, service improvement, and redesign.
• Demonstrate critical reflection upon the service improvement process.

Entry requirements

Completion of NUR 30233 (Research Application in Clinical Practice).

Module content

• Childhood development and attachment theories
• History taking
• Risk assessment and risk-taking behaviours
• Autism and ADHD
• Consent, legal and ethical issues
• Principles of DBT and CBT
• Emotional disorders including depression and anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Emerging personality disorders, psychosis and bi-polar disorder
• Adverse Childhood Events
• Suicide and self-harming behaviour; substance misuse
• Pharmacological treatments for common child and adolescent mental health problems
• Service-user and family perspectives.

Teaching and assessment

This module will take a blended approach to teaching & learning by incorporating a range of strategies underpinning the required study hours. This blended approach may take the form of insitu, synchronous or virtual approaches to teaching & learning.  These include lectures, discussion, tutorials, essay preparation, & private study. 

• Lectures / discussion: 15 hours (insitu / synchronous / virtual).
• Preparation for dissertation: 9 hours (insitu / synchronous).
• Dissertation supervision: 6 hours (insitu / synchronous / virtual)
• Independent learning: 210
• Placement learning: 60 hours