Evidence Base for Midwifery Practice

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Systematically identify and critically review the current best practice (policy/ guidelines) and the literature in the topic area.
• Demonstrate the skills of independent learning appropriate to a midwife throughout the conduct of this project.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the context and provision of maternity services in your articulation of potential challenges and solutions to undertaking the suggested research project.
• Demonstrate best midwifery practice in your articulation of ethical and client focused elements within your project.
• Synthesise from the literature review to develop an appropriate research question(s.)
• Critically reflect on practice and identify a clinically focused question that might be addressed using a research approach.
• Critically analyse the professional issues that might arise during the conduct of your suggested project, making innovative suggestions for how these might be overcome.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge based of research theory through the justification of all stages of the research process for your research project plan.

This content will build on the knowledge gain in all previous modules but in particular those of the online research module of year 2.

Critical review of theory and practice

• Search and selection of evidence
• Critical review of evidence

Research theory

• Paradigms and Research Approaches
• Developing research questions/ hypotheses and objectives
• Sampling frameworks and processes
• Data collection and analysis

Ethical and legal

• Ethical principles in research
• Research governance processes
• Recognising and Protecting vulnerable clients
• Informed Consent
• Data protection

Decision making

• Dissemination
• Project management skills
• Self-management
• Time management

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures (Research related)

Technology enhanced learning activities

Self-directed study

Seminar activity

Small group and individual supervision

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Craig JV and Smyth, RL. (2012). The Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston.

Greenhalgh T (2014). How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell / BMJ Books.

Creswell JW (2011). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research. London: Sage Publications Limited.

Straus SE, Richardson WS, Glasziou P and Haynes RB (2011). Evidence-Based Medicine. How to Practise and Teach EBM. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Bowling A (2014). Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services. Milton Keynes: Open University Pres.

Cluett ER and Bluff R (2006). Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston Elsevier.

Gray DE (2009). Doing Research in the Real World. Los Angeles: Sage Publications Limited.

Polit DF and Beck CT (2014). Essentials of Nursing Research; Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: Lipincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Flick U (2011). Introducing Research Methodology; A Beginners Guide to Doing A Research Project. Los Angeles: Sage Publications Limited.

Gerrish K and Lacey A (2010). The Research Process in Nursing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External