Search Strategy and Critiquing Tools/Framework for Change Management

• Identify the service improvement plan and link to relevant policies, guidelines and legislation
• Provide statistics, trends and targets related to the issue
• Identify the current situation for patients and the challenges they experience
• Imagine the reader has no insight into the issue, use this section to identify the challenges and give a foundation to base the discussion on 

Search Strategy

Critiquing tools/framework

Issues/focuses raised by the literature

Search Strategy

• How was the literature and research found? Think of this section as a recipe summary, but contain it to maximum two paragraphs
• Start big with a broad focus and then as you read narrow the search down. For example; Healthy Eating –Availability of healthy foods during a hospitalisation
• Consider the search engines you wish to use more than Google please! Provide a rationale for your approach
• Application of Key words, phrases and Boolean operators – Consider the rationale and strengths/limitations for applying these
• Identify the inclusion and exclusion criteria you will apply: date, language, adults, children, country, peer reviewed – Again consider the rationale for these and the strengths/limitations
• Include a search table in the appendices identifying how the literature/research was found

Critiquing Tools/Framework

• Provide a rationale for using a critiquing tool/framework
• All the papers need to be critiqued in the essay in terms of their findings but you will need to include an example of one of the research papers being reviewed with the critiquing tool/framework of your choice
• If you struggling to find a suitable tool, you may wish to explore the CASP Critiquing Tool

Change Management

• Identify a suitable change theory and provide a rationale for its selection, why this one?
• Discuss the chosen change theory model and explore the strengths and limitations of the theory
• Embed your service improvement plan into the different stages of the change theory
• Recognise and explore the challenges with implementing change – utilise other literature and evidence to deepen this discussion
• Identify potential ways to overcome challenges and barriers to change
  • Leadership – module 5 may come in useful here
  • Communication
  • Multi-disciplinary working
• Consider the resources needed to implement the change is it just leadership, communication and multi-disciplinary working?
• This section must consider the service user – how are they involved in the change? How will they benefit?
• Consider how you will know that the change has taken place and is embedded
• Identify recommendations for future practice based on your findings and ideas