develop a pre-habilitation and post-habilitation models to support patients from diagnosis to self-management.
Project: “Improving outcomes for uro-oncology patients undergoing treatment”
Project aims and objectives: To develop a pre-habilitation and post-habilitation models to support patients from diagnosis to self-management.
A summary: A well informed and prepared patient is known to have a reduction in anxiety levels and in managing diagnosis side-effects, recovery and a “new norm” of self-management.
The current service is fragmented and limited, patients have limited information provided to them. They may be physically and mentally unprepared for treatment despite to verbal and written information that they receive.
The foundation of the project will address healthy living exercise, diet, relationships, continence, and urinary and bowel diagnosis. Psychological impact in relation to body image, feminisation and cancer diagnosis will also be considered. This will also link to the concept of “surgery school”.
The patient group have diagnoses of renal cancer, bladder cancer – predominantly high grade and likely to require cystectomy.
My research: I will be looking into female patients receiving post-habilitation models to support patients in hospital settings to deal with all the impacts that radical cystectomy brings in GHNHSFT (Gloucestershire hospitals NHS foundation Trust) Uro-oncology team, as well as looking at what is available in other major cities for example Birmingham and London and the things, they offer to patients in the uro-oncology team.
The female journey involves psychological impact to body image, their diagnosis and feminisation etc.
Requirements: For this Project assessment, you will focus upon a service evaluation/quality improvement proposal topic, from Gloucestershire NHS Trusts which will influence change and innovation promoting health and best practice for service users and patients.
To articulate and evidence your knowledge, understanding and the learning inherent within it, you will write a 5000-word document which will include:
- An introduction to the original project/piece of work and rationale for its development.
- A brief methodology/search strategy can be placed within this section (can go in its own section).
- A literature review of the subject/field of the project/work highlighting local and national policy and relevant current literature offering background and context for the project/work-stream.
- Discussion of the project/work focus or theme drawing upon projected or hypothetical outcomes for service and quality improvement.
- This may include: examples of generation of new knowledge; the (potential) impact of your project for patients and service users, the organisation and for you as you approach registration; an action plan detailing aspirational/hypothetical goals and outcomes for the project.
- Recommendations (realistic).
- Conclusions and Recommendations can be included together, but preferable would be separate.
- Appendices – to include:
Additional information (only) relevant to the project.
Please include subheadings!
And a reference list for all this.
Useful resources:
CASP – https://casp-uk.net/
