This week’s topics
Evidence-Based Decision-Making and Practice Translation
- Synthesizing findings for clinical recommendations
- Translating research into health policy and clinical pathways
- Strategic resource allocation
- Addressing research limitations and practice impact
- Translating Research for Better Policy
- Harnessing evidence to tackle health issues | Research for the Real World
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision.
- 4.3 Draw conclusions from data collected.
- 5.3 Analyse the contribution of research and evidence based practice to decision-making.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: justify the contribution of research to health and social care provision.
Study materials
Videos
- Translating Research for Better Policy · YouTube · Harvard University · 33 min · for registered students
- Harnessing evidence to tackle health issues | Research for the Real World · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 33 min · for registered students
- Evidence and science: at the backbone of health policy? | Nuffield Trust Summit Series 2021 · YouTube · Nuffield Trust · 59 min · for registered students
- Guided by the evidence – informing future health policy | Nuffield Trust Summit Series 2021 · YouTube · Nuffield Trust · 61 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Why most published research findings are false · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
- Parallel spreadsheet models for health policy: the impact of unintentional errors · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
- Magenta Book Annex A: analytical methods for use within an evaluation (HM Treasury) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 60 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
