Learning Outcomes:
Evidence Synthesis and Translation Pathway
• Critically reflect on one’s practice experience, stakeholder consultation, and preliminary literature review and formulate a problem statement and research question related to professional practice.
• Critically analyse and synthesise the theory and methods relevant to evidence-based practice and evaluate their application in healthcare.
• Plan and document a systematic search strategy drawing on a recognised evidence synthesis framework to locate and retrieve appropriate evidence corresponding to the research question.
Specific to Evidence Synthesis Pathway
• Critically reflect and examine an appropriate theoretical and methodological framework for evidence appraisal and
synthesis.
• Using a recognised critical appraisal tool, evaluate and synthesise the evidence concerning dimensions of
quality, transparency of reporting and its application to practice.
Specific to Evidence Translation Pathway
• Critically reflect and examine appropriate theoretical and methodological frameworks for evidence translation in healthcare.
• Critically reflect on the existing synthesised evidence relevant to your research question and develop an evidence-informed
implementation proposal appropriate for translation into your practice.
Indicative Module Content:
• Key concepts and framework of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
• Formulating structured research questions
• Research paradigms and designs
• Developing systematic search strategies for evidence
• Evidence hierarchies and designs
• Critical appraisal of research evidence
• Key frameworks and theories for evidence translation (complexity theory, systems thinking, Implementation Science).
• Implementation Science tools and methods
• Evidence-informed Implementation proposal design