Research
Research as part of the advanced clinical practitioner role
Healthcare is constantly changing, with the evidence base expanding exponentially (Tsay and Yang, 2005). As independent practitioners, ACPs need research capability to keep abreast of the developing...
Taking advanced clinical practice to the streets: an evaluation of the benefits and challenges in homeless health care
The definition of homelessness includes people sleeping rough, sofa-surfing or living in squats, emergency shelters or hostels (Homeless Link, 2014). Socially excluded people are 10 times more likely...
Critiquing a published healthcare research paper
For those embarking on a higher degree such as a master's, taught doctorate, or a doctor of philosophy, the relationship between research, knowledge production and knowledge utilisation becomes clear...
Critical review of the evidence base regarding theories conceptualising the aetiology of psychosis
The advent of Kraeplinian philosophy in 1911 divided mental illness according to two disparate diagnostic criteria; that of dementia praecox—typified by a youthful onset of florid symptoms:...
An exploration of the attitudes and perceptions of the UK public towards self-care for minor ailments
This was a pilot study aiming to provide a snapshot of data that could lead to further investigation in the future..
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