This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will focus on developing the skills to ensure that students become effective users of research findings, within the context to enhancing the quality of their own practice and workplace setting. This module will provide an opportunity to discuss the principles of research, the mechanisms and barriers to integrating practice competence with the best available external evidence from research, and how this can be applied to achieve the ultimate goal of improving competence within the students own area of practice. Sessions will cover the process of forming a practice focused question, designing a search strategy using relevant databases and gaining experience in the use of the tools and techniques available to undertake a project through the efficient search and retrieval of the literature. Topics covered in the session include: the process of retrieving and critically appraising the literature related to practice, exploring recognised appraisal tools available to aid the assessment of validity and relevance of literature, understanding broader research methodology and methods, the principles of completing a project proposal (based on a literature review methodology).
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Spring
An oral presentation (12-15 minutes) demonstrating the acquisition of critical appraisal skills related to the progression of enquiring into an area of professional practice
Prepare a proposal for the research dissertation that is relevant to own professional practice. The proposal will then form the basis of the project dissertation WL539 (3000 words).The proposal should be supported with an extended bibliography.
• Aveyard, H. (2014) Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care, a practical guide. 3rd Edition - Excellent for initial understanding. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill.
• Hart, C. (1998) Doing a literature review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. UK, Open University Publishing
• Machi, L. & McEvoy, B. (2012), The Literature Review; Six Steps to Success. 2nd Edition. USA: Corwin Press
• Ridley, D. (2012) The literature review: a step by step guide for students. 2nd Edition. London: Sage.
• Robson, C. (2011) Real World Research. Chichester: Wiley
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to apply techniques to critically analyse arguments, assumptions, concepts and data, and to propose, and apply where applicable, solutions to issues arising from the analysis.
2. Demonstrate the capacity for autonomous learning and for working with others.
3. Demonstrate written and oral communication skills through seminar participation and written submission.
4. Demonstrate the ability to appraise and present material, data and scientific literature through the use of the internet and other sources.
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