module specification

Evidence Based Practice 3: Advancing physiotherapy practice module completes the research pillar of clinical practice for physiotherapy students. 

In this module, students will be provided with an opportunity to utilise the knowledge they have acquired in their research pillar for the investigation of a clinical question in practice or recommended as a research priority in physiotherapy practice or healthcare delivery.  With appropriate support, students will refine their identified research ideas, and use appropriate frameworks to develop a research proposal to investigate their clinical question.

Specifically, in this module, you will:

Develop skills to identify contemporary issues in clinical physiotherapy practice to investigate for evidence based practice. 

Develop skills to propose appropriate research questions to investigate identified gaps.

Identify appropriate research designs to investigate problems in clinical practice.

Utilise existing frameworks to plan an internally valid research proposal.

Pre-requisite: All Level 5 modules

Co-requisites: PT6000, PT6050, PT6W51, PT6W52, PT6W53

Available for Study Abroad? NO

Knowledge

Identification of research topics, developing a researchable question

Research process; theory development; application of appropriate research tools.

Systematic review; synthesis and integration of critical analysis of literature. 

Ethics and research governance. 

Data collection and analysis; data handling. 

Reporting and dissemination of findings

Key concepts in research frameworks, knowledge and skills and gaining advanced skills in one or more during conduct of relevant project.  

Reporting guidelines - EQUATOR network, PRISMA, TIDIER, CONSORT, SPIRIT etc

Skills

Evidence synthesis

Presentation skills

Systematic literature search

Project management

Attitudes

Understanding of the role of research in evaluating and informing evidence-based practice 

Appreciation of broader research culture and values

This module is essentially a guided study module with a few introductory lectures and group-based seminars and tutorials. Most of the time will be devoted to guided and self-directed study to develop a research proposal for the course work required for the module. Students will also have on-going tutorial support from the academic team

By the end of this module students should be able to:

Critically evaluate current research evidence around a clinical problem in contemporary physiotherapy practice to identify gaps in the evidence base. 

Propose an appropriate research question to investigate from the identified gaps in the evidence and communicate this using appropriate standard of English Language for the profession.

Apply understanding of research methodology to design a project to answer a research question in collaboration with peers and research mentors. 

Embody valuable research culture such as effective communication, collaborative team working and negotiation in the conduct of a research project.

Demonstrate due consideration for the role of patient involvement in the planning, implementation, and reporting of clinical research

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Core Reading

Moher et al (2009) Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Ann. Int. Med. 151 264-269. 

Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials.

Wang D and Bakhai A (eds) (2006) Clinical trials: a practical guide to design, analysis and reporting. Remedica, London. 

BOWLING. A., 2023.Research methods in health: investigating health and health services. 5th Ed. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill.

CUNNINGHAM, C.J.L., WEATHINGTON, B.L. & PITTENGER, D.J., 2013. Understanding and conducting research in the health sciences. Oxford: Wiley.

RITCHIE. J. et al., 2014. Qualitative research practice: a guide for social science students and researchers. 2nd Ed. London: Sage Publications.

ROSS. T., 2012. A survival guide for health research methods. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

POLGAR.S. and THOMAS.S.A., 2013. Introduction to research in the health sciences. 5th Ed.Philadelphia: Elsevier.

DAVIES. M.B., 2014. Doing a successful research project: using qualitative or quantitative methods.Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles 

Emanuel E, Wendler D, Grady C (2000) What makes clinical research ethical? JAMA, 283, 2701-2711 

Ford-Gilboe M, Wathen CN, Varcoe C, Herbert C, Jackson BE, Lavoie JG, Pauly B, Perrin NA, Smye V, Wallace B, Hoffmann TC, Glasziou PP, Boutron I, Milne R, Perera R, Moher D, Altman DG,Barbour V, Macdonald H, Johnston M, Lamb SE, Dixon-Woods M, McCulloch P, WyattJC, Chan AW, Michie S. Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide. BMJ. 2014 Mar 7;348:g1687. doi: 10. 1136/bmj. g1687