Evidence Based Practice (NUMW3101)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2022
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Nursing, Midwifery & Social Wk
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
1C4W
Prerequisite
24 units in (BN, BMid or BN/BMid)
Companion
NURS3102 or NURS3104 or MIDW3102 or MIDW3104
Restricted
BN, BMid and BN/BMid
Assessment methods
Literature review, presentation, poster.
Course enquiries
Doctor Catherine Kilgour ()
Doctor Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke ()
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2025 (21/07/2025 - 15/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course aims to build on students' foundation skills learned over Years 1 and 2 by introducing students to a range of methodologies used in health care environments to inform and improve practice and ensure care is safe, evidence-based and of high quality. The course provides students with broad information around concepts related to quality improvement, research and identify their relationship to evidence based practice, knowledge translation and implementation science. The course introduces students to quality improvement tools and basic qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. It further develops students' skills in accessing and evaluating literature and explores methods of analysing, presenting and disseminating data. The centrality of ethical practice in healthcare research is also discussed.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 16/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 23/06/2019) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |