Program Overview
The Evidence-Based Practice Level 6 program from King's College London equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement evidence-based practices in their clinical settings. Through a blended learning approach, participants gain a deep understanding of EBP concepts, develop skills in formulating research questions, conducting literature searches, critically appraising research evidence, and implementing evidence in practice. The program culminates in a research review that demonstrates participants' ability to apply EBP principles to a clinical issue.
Program Outline
Evidence-Based Practice Level 6 6KNI0319
Degree Overview:
This module, offered by King's College London's Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement evidence-based practices in their clinical setting. Through lectures, seminars, and practical sessions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of EBP concepts and develop skills in formulating focused questions, conducting literature searches, critically appraising research evidence, and implementing evidence in practice. This module's key objectives include:
- Enabling participants to critically discuss the concept of EBP in healthcare
- Equipping participants to evaluate the nature of evidence
- Developing skills to formulate clinical issues into answerable research questions
- Facilitating systematic literature searches, specifically through bibliographic databases
- Encouraging the critical appraisal of research evidence
- Fostering critical discussion around the skills required for implementing evidence in practice
Outline:
The Evidence-Based Practice Level 6 6KNI0319 module employs a blended learning approach, combining online and face-to-face sessions over a nine-week period.
Assessment:
Assessment for this module is based on a 2,000-word research review, which requires participants to identify a clinical issue, formulate a research question, conduct a literature search, critically appraise identified research, and synthesize findings to formulate evidence-based practice recommendations.
Teaching:
The module utilizes a diverse team of experienced faculty, including Yan-Shing Chang, Lecturer in Child and Family Health. The teaching methods encompass lectures, seminars, workshops, individual tutorials, and independent study. The program's full fee is £1600.
