Aveyard H (2014) Doing a literature review in health and social care a practical guide (2nd ed) Maidenhead: OU Press
Rumsey DJ (2011) Statistics for dummies (2nd ed) Canada: Wiley
Rumsey S (2008) How to find information: a guide for researchers
Silverman D (2013) Doing qualitative research (4th ed) London: Sage

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (12 hours)
12 hours of 1:1 academic supervision

Guided Independent Study: (288 hours)
120 hours online and offline reading/ searching materials
52 hours guided study engaging with material provided on Blackboard
16 hours engagement with discussion forum
80 hours assignment writing
20 hours prep for academic supervision

This module will encourage you to focus applying research evidence to your every day work practice the content therefore will introduce you to:
Working reflexively - identifying challenges or issues in the work place
Identifying and accurately writing research questions
Exploring the evidence base - literature searching/ types of literature/ ensuring you have good quality evidence
Understanding the evidence and its relative utility
Methods and methodology - understanding the difference
Writing a literature review - types and approaches
Arriving at conclusions and proposing a way forward/ making recommendations for improvement
Ethics and ethical sensitivity more generally

A desk based dissertation which addressed a pertinent issue or challenge which has arisen from the students work base/ clinical practice
(assessing all learning outcomes)

Additional Assessment Details (include formative feedback / assessment):
Formative feedback will be provided via group presentation and 1:1 discussion