give a short presentation (<= 10 minutes).
Describe a recommendation and discuss the underlying evidence.
written assignment (maximum 800
words) with two parts:
•
PART ONE Summary of the presentation 3 articles (50% of the assignment). 400 words •
EXAMPLE ONLY BELOW IS
1. Summary
For the summary, we need you to summarise your presentation in 400 words. This will inevitably be brief –
but concise writing is a key academic (and professional) skill that is good to master.
So for example:
This paper will summarise the evidence underlying recommendations on oral care tools in the BACCN
Evidence-based consensus paper for oral care within adult critical care units (BACCN, 2020).
The BACCN paper presents new ideas on oral care using a new toothbrush created by Acme incorporated.
This enables rapid and completely safe cleaning by having built in suction and bacteria removal.
Nine studies have looked at the use of toothbrushes followed by the use of suction.
Heck (2012) reported that the implementation of an oral care bundle decreased VAP rates significantly.
However this was a retrospective analysis comparing like time periods and so does not conclusively
demonstrate the oral care bundle decreased rates as there could have been other differences in practice
between time periods.
Smith and Jones (2015) carried out a 50 patient Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) comparing X and Y
techniques. Although an RCT is generally considered a good level of evidence (reference), the trial was
small and did not have conclusive results.
… etc
In summary the evidence for choosing *** interventions for intensive care patients is
(strong/moderate/weak – delete as appropriate).
PART TWO
A discussion of how team working practices could impact on the
aspect of practice, for instance considering how to embed new
clinical practice in their unit (50% of the assignment)
400 words
THE USE OF THESES DEVICES something WE currently doing on your unit you could discuss how to ensure everyone is
following best practice. BUT
WE CAN DO
Communication – why is open communication important? How do you ensure good
communication? You could also mention practical points, e.g. documentation. ( DATE place on equipemnt of when last changed so infection control can be observed .
Safety culture is another important aspect of team working. Do members of the team feel safe to
raise concerns?
The evidence underlying the recommendation must be
discussed. This is to demonstrate you understand the level
of evidence and you must discuss whether this is strong or
weak.
We want you to demonstrate you understand the underlying
evidence, but in the time available this will be only 3 which must be primary research .
NB we are not asking you to review statistical tests – if
an article says the results are statistically significant then
you can accept this.
You could also consider what problems are caused by poor team working – care quality suffers,
burnout of staff members.
This should be all be referenced. Look in the list of articles for the second practice presentations for some
good starting points.
3. References (not included in word count)
Presentations with CASP tool
1. What is the topic?
2. What is the recommendation?
3. What is the evidence for this?
i. Research article 1 a. Appraise the study with CASP tool
ii.Research article 2
a. Appraise the study with CASP tool
iii. Research article 3
a. Appraise the study with CASP tool
Evidence underlying the
recommendations that must be discussed. This is to demonstrate you understand the level of evidence and
you must discuss whether this is strong or weak.
