39369 - Knowledge Translation and Teaching Methods in Nursing and Midwifery

Learning outcomes

At the end of teaching the student must know and understand the teaching methods in the teaching of nursing and midwifery. Graduates must have demonstrated to develop a practice based on scientific evidence, using the results of research to make changes and improve the practice of health care with particular reference to the conduct of clinical audits.

Course contents

Part One GUIDELINES

Guideline definition.

The construction of the recommendations.

The classification of recommendation.

The meaning and responsibility of the use of the guidelines.

PART TWO - THE CHANGE

Understand the barriers to change.

Identify barriers to change.

Overcoming barriers to change.

The choice of implementation strategy.

PART THREE - CLINICAL PATHWAY

The definition of diagnostic and therapeutic-care pathway (PDTA).

The construction and implementation of PDTA.

The main requirements for the construction of a PDTAs.

The representation of PDTA.

The evaluation and the indicators system.

Management and dissemination of PDTA.

Enforce implementation, evaluation and revision of PDTA.

PART FOUR - The CLINICAL AUDIT

Clinical audit planning.

Performance measurement.

Variance analysis.

Change implementation

PART FIVE - THE GOVERNMENT OF CLINICAL

Clinical governance definition.

Structures and clinical governance methods.

Performance evaluation.

Nursing sensitive outcome.

Readings/Bibliography

Paolo Chiari, Daniela Mosci, Enrico Naldi, Centro Studi EBN. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice La pratica clinico-assistenziale basata su prove di efficacia 2/ed. Euro: 40.00. ISBN: 9788838636738. Pagine: 480

- Guida alla conduzione dell'Audit Clinico dell'Azienda ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna.

Teaching methods

Lectures to the PC, working in small groups.

Assessment methods

The examination mode of integrated course are as follows: the exam will be unique of course with all the teachers. Each teacher will communicate its mode, which will also include a written test as ongoing evaluation, but the discussion and formulation of the single vote of course is reserved for the oral test to be held on the following dates in Alma. For this teaching the exam will be based on the presentation and discussion of an elaborate on one of the parts of the course: managing change; diagnostic and therapeutic path-relief; clinical audit.

Teaching tools

Slides and articles selected by the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Chiari