This highly practical book is written specifically for midwives, having been developed from the best-selling "Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance Made Easy, Fourth Edition". Requiring no prior knowledge, it provides a straightforward guide to the topics of clinical effectiveness and clinical governance, avoiding jargon but explaining rel
Author(s): Donna Brayford, Ruth Chambers, Elizabeth Boath, David Rogers
Edition: 2
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 161
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Preface
Introduction
Overall Aim of the Programme
Objectives of This Book
Self-Assessment of Where You are Now With Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance
What are Clinical Effectiveness and Evidence-Based Healthcare?
What Is the Evidence for Evidence-Based Healthcare?
Why Midwives Need Information
Are Midwives Ready for Evidence-Based Healthcare?
Learning by Portfolio
Electronic Databases
Stage 1: Asking the Right Question
Questions About Cost-Effectiveness
Framing Questions: Some Examples
Examples of Questions You Might Pose as a Midwife
Stage 2: Undertaking a Literature Search
The Search Strategy: Think, Search and Appraise
Undertake a Search
Using the Cochrane Library
Using the Medline Database
The Hierarchy of Evidence
Examples
Searching by Yourself
Stage 3: Frame Your Own Question and Search for the Evidence
Stage 4: Appraise the Evidence
The Meaning of Different Research Methods and Terms
Reading A Paper
Critical Appraisal of a Published Paper or Report of a Study
Examples
Critical Appraisal of a Qualitative Research Paper
Critically Appraise a Published Paper
Our Review of Hannah M, Hannah W, Hewson S et al. (2000)
Stage 5: Apply the Evidence
Diary of Your Progress in Searching for Evidence
Action Plan
Barriers to Change
Stage 6: What Clinical Governance Means and How to Put It into Practice
Components of Clinical Governance
The Challenges to Delivering Clinical Governance
Enhancing Your Personal and Professional Development
How Evidence-Based Care, Clinical Effectiveness and Other Components of Clinical Governance Fit Together:
⦁ The Practitioner’s or the Unit’s Perspective
⦁ The Primary Care Organisation’s or Trust’s Perspective
⦁ Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care
Stage 7: Focusing on Your Revalidation – Where Clinical Governance Fits
Moving From Appraisal to Revalidation
Where Clinical Governance Fits With Revalidation
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Differentiating Appraisal and Assessment
Preparing for Appraisal and Revalidation
Compiling an Effective Personal Development Plan (PDP)
How to Identify Your Development and Service Needs
Providing Evidence of Your Competence and Performance
Evaluate Your Newly Gained Knowledge and Skills in Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance
Useful Publications of Evidence Already Available
Organisations
Useful Websites
Further Reading
References
Index
