identify an appropriate practice or issue that has infection control implications and provide a critical and creative discussion, evaluating the evidence base, and implications for their practice including innovative solutions to practice problems.
Students should identify an appropriate practice or issue that has infection control implications and provide a critical and creative discussion, evaluating the evidence base, and implications for their practice including innovative solutions to practice problems.
Identify issue/question
Ask colleagues – consider RCA, problem areas, local issues, potential for improvement, an area of interest………– ask are we engaging in best practice?
Do some general reading and research: https://www.nric.org.uk/resources
https://www.ips.uk.net/national-resources-available-from-
Find the best available evidence to answer your question
- Appraise the evidence found, to determine whether its findings are reliable – and relevant to your question/topic
- Summarise the findings – looking at 2 things:
The quality of the evidence
The findings within the papers
- Act on the findings…….ie.make recommendations
Assess where you are! Do you need to make changes? If so, how might you do this?
i.e.
Dubious practice – ‘we’ve always done it this way and we don’t think about it.’
Good practice – ‘we’ve done it, we like it, and it feels like we make an impact’
Promising approaches – some positive findings but the evaluations are not consistent or rigorous enough to be sure;
Research-based – the practice is based on sound theory informed by a growing body of empirical research
Evidence-based – the practice has been rigorously evaluated and has consistently been shown to work
Adapted from Perkins D (2010) ‘Fidelity-Adaptation & Sustainability’, Presentation to seminar series on Developing evidence informed practice for children and young people: the ‘why and the what’, organised by the Centre for Effective
