Fundamentals of Evidence Based Practice

This presentation provides an overview of the fundamentals of evidence-based practice, including the purpose and process of conducting evidence-based practice, skills needed for conducting a literature review, ethical research skills, and the positive impact of research on current practice. It also explores the importance of effective communication in healthcare and its impact on patient outcomes.

Fundamentals of evidence
based practice

Table of content
• Introduction
• Task 1
• Task 2
• Task 3
• Task 4
• References

Introduction
Evidence based practice (EBP) refers to the fundamental of quality as it is focused on improving
the outcomes and quality of life standard of the people. This EBP includes external evidences which
are having systematic reviews, randomised control trials, clinical practice guidelines & best practice
whereas internal evidence includes quality improvement projects, clinical expertise as well as outcome
of the management initiatives (Reeves and et. al., 2013). EBP is very essential for the health care as it
assist the health care providers in providing effective services to the people as well as to boost the
outcomes of treating the patients.

Task 1
Purpose and process of conducting evidence-based practice
The purpose of evidence based practices in health care is that the medical practitioner can improve
the their treatment process which is provided to the patients. This improvement can be in terms of better
patient outcomes, increased patient safety and improvement in the delivery of quality services etc.
Whereas the process of evidence based practice involves various steps which must be followed by the
medical practitioner in proper manner for getting the desired and accurate results (Brach and et. al.,
2012).

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The steps of the EBP approach are as follows:
 A persuasive question or issue
 Identify the literature
 Measure the information
 Choose the suitable evidence
 Link the evidence with the experience of client
 Prepare an action plan
 Implement the findings
 Evaluation of the results

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Skills and qualities needed to conduct a literature review
Personal Professional
 Decision making is important quality which is
necessary for taking suitable decisions. This is
done by collecting the data regarding the topic
of research so that proper decisions can be
taken.
 Interpersonal skills are essential for
communicating with the team in order to
properly conduct the literature review as well as
for actively listening to the views of people.
 Time management is essential for analysing the
information from articles and books so that
these can be interpreted in the given or set
timeline.
 Problem solving is necessary for collecting the
suitable information through which issues can
be resolved in order to conclude the outcomes.
 Technical skills involves several skills such as
mechanical, information technology,
mathematical or scientific tasks which are
helpful for analysing the literature review and
collected data based on the facts & figures or
statistical data appropriately.
 Presentation skills are useful in presenting the
collected data of literature review in order to
develop desired outcomes of the research.

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Own skills and knowledge in order to conduct literature review
There are various skills which are possessed by me which is useful for conducting the literature
review in an effective manner. However, there are several skills which needs improvements as I am
facing issues in overcoming them. My own skills and knowledge in context of personal and
professionals skills & qualities are explained below:
 Decision making: I possess these skills which can helps me in conducting the literature review in an
appropriate manner on the given topic effectively.
 Interpersonal skills: These skills are present in me but also there are weak areas in these skills which
leads to ineffective communication with my team. Due to this, I am not a much active listener which
can impact the conducting of literature review in team.

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Skills are required to conduct ethical research
Ethical skills refers to knowledge which contains the information regarding the norms which must
be followed by the people in order to conduct research properly. The researcher needs to follow these
ethics such as norms and principles in proper manner. There are various principles of ethics such as
obtain informed consent, minimise risk of harm, protect anonymity & confidentiality, ignore utilising
deceptive practices and right to withdraw etc. The researcher needs to use the suitable methods as well
as needs to maintain privacy of the respondents or participants which can positively impact the
practices in health and social care (Chin and et. al., 2012). The implementation of changes in the daily
activities of the health care firms should require to provide ethical and practical reasons for increasing
the patient outcomes. The principles of ethics must be followed by practitioner in order to positively
influence practice and provision in health, care and support services.

Task 2
Introduction to Literature Review
Literature review refers to the data collection from the various sources such as surveys books,
scholarly articles and journals etc. in order to provide the description of topic along with the critical
evaluation of the research topic. Effective communication is essential for the health & social care
organisation as it assist them in making the patients comfortable during treatment or supporting the
patients in handling the health problems of patients. Communication is also essential for the medical
professionals and their teams in order to deals with the patients treatment and procedure. Also the
literature review is used for critically evaluating the research topic through the analysis of collected
information.

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Communication Skills for Nurses
According to Hilary Bush, (2019) Nurses speak to various people such as educational, cultural and
social backgrounds and they needs to communicate with all these people in an effective, caring and
professional manner essentially in speaking with patients and their family. There are several aspects of
communication which assist health experts in mastering their day-to-day practice. These aspects
includes Speak Slowly, Speak Clearly, Avoid Using Slang, Stop and Listen, Use Body Language etc.
through which health experts can communicate properly with their patients in an effective manner
(Communication skills for Nurses, 2019). The experts need to speak clear and slow so that certain
words which can sound very similar to one another when they are spoken fast.

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Communication skills in practice
According to the Webb, (2011) The journey to become a successful practitioner requires
practitioners to show effective communication skills while interacting with patients, carers and other
healthcare professionals. This is based on sound evidence and must be applied in a variety of care
homes. These skills must be practised by health professional by using the examples, scenarios, and
videos etc. so that they can easily adopt the suitable approach for interacting with others at the
workplace. Effective communication skills are also must for health professionals in order to interact
with the patients for understanding their issues and concerns in taking the treatment for a particular
disease.

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Benefits of effective communication for patients
According to the Ali, (2017) Effective communication is also necessary for patients as it protects
patients from potential harm which can arise due to misunderstandings of ineffective conversations.
Patients does not prefers to talk to machines or other technological inventions due to which they prefers
to talk to humans such as health professionals for ensuring their satisfaction. When effective
communication takes place between the health professionals and patients, the patients also more likely
to follow the treatment procedure or advices (Benefits of communication for patients, 2017). Ineffective
or improper communication can leads to serious harm to the patients such as wrong leg being
amputated etc. even the minor problems can also have serious repercussions.

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Results of Literature Review
Literature review is useful for supporting the arguments done in the report. It also supports the aim
of the research by providing the importance of communication at the work place in the health and social
care sector. The communication also plays a major role in improving the patients outcomes. With the
help of effective communication skills, patients and health experts can communicate properly for their
concerns which will positively impact the conversation (Aarons and Sommerfeld, 2012). When
professionals fails to communicate with their patients and inappropriate conversations takes place, then
patients becomes uncomfortable. Due to this uncomfortable, they could not express their problems and
issues which can negatively impact the family of patient and other staff members. The taken literature
review's are valid and reliable as ethical and practical reasons are discussed which are effective for
evidence based practice.

Task 3
Research proposal form
A research proposal form is developed on the basis of topic which is discussed below:
Project Title: “To investigate the Influence of communication skills and techniques on outcomes for
service users in a health or social care service”. A study on health and social care sector.
Aim: “To investigate the Influence of communication skills and techniques on outcomes for service
users in a health or social care service”

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Objective
 To identify the concept of communication skills and techniques within health and social care
services.
 To investigate the impact of communication skills and techniques within health and social care
services.
 To determine the barriers to communication and different ways to overcome it in health and
social care service.
Apart from these aims and objectives, Literature review, Research methodology, Expected outcomes
are also discussed which are discussed in detail in the report.

Task 4
Positive impact of research on current practice to improve service delivery
This given research was proposed for analysing the effectiveness of communication in the
healthcare on patients outcomes to provide evidence based practice. It is very essential for the health
experts to determine the value and benefits of effective communication so that they can provide proper
treatment to the patients in an appropriate manner (Patel and et. al., 2013). This research is conducted
by using the secondary data collections methods and sampling for making accurate conclusion.
Additionally, the taken literature review are also reliable and valid because the information was
collected from online articles in order to analyse about the given issue of investigation.

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Own learning and practice in the workplace
Literature review's are based on the framework in which the data is gathered from the various
sources such as articles, journals, books etc. which also supports this given research aim with
appropriate facts and figures. This research positively impact the present practice as the people are
getting aware regarding the benefits of effective communication in improving the service delivery of
patients. This research assisted me in determining the importance of communication in health care
sector as well as to listen the views & problems of sick person carefully in order to address their health
issues. Also this result assisted me in taking correct decision regarding the suitable medication
procedure which must be followed by me. Also through my research, I an contributing in improvement
of Evidence based healthcare or support practice and service delivery by creating awareness among the
people regarding the importance of communication for increasing the patient outcomes.

Conclusion
It has been concluded from the above presentation that the evidence based practice is
helpful for the health professionals in improving the treatment or care procedure of their
patients. Also literature review's are helpful for the research as these provides the required
information from the scholar articles so that valid and reliable conclusion can be drawn.
Apart from that, communication skills are very essential for health experts in improving the
patients outcomes as well as for properly interacting with the patients.

References
Patel and et. al., 2013. Grand challenges: integrating mental health services into priority
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Reeves and et. al., 2013. Interprofessional education: effects on professional practice and
healthcare outcomes. Cochrane Database of systematic reviews. (3).
Webb, L. ed. 2011. Nursing : communication skills in practice, Oxford University Press,
Oxford.
Chin and et. al., 2012. A roadmap and best practices for organizations to reduce racial and
ethnic disparities in health care. Journal of general internal medicine. 27(8). pp.992-
1000.

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