1 / 22

Connecting bereavement support practitioners to reliable research evidence

Connecting bereavement support practitioners to reliable research evidence Sarah Hayman, Research Fellow (Evidence) Jennifer Tieman , CareSearch Director Associate Professor, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University. Australian Grief and Bereavement Conference, March, 2014.

maxima
Download Presentation

Connecting bereavement support practitioners to reliable research evidence

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Connecting bereavement support practitioners to reliable research evidence SarahHayman, Research Fellow (Evidence) Jennifer Tieman, CareSearch Director Associate Professor, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University Australian Grief and Bereavement Conference, March, 2014

  2. Information needs for bereavement practitioners • Diffuse environment • Small teams or sole practitioners • Lack of ready access to databases and journals

  3. Research, Evidence, Literature • Research • Understanding, efficacy, implementation • Evidence Use • Individual in clinical decision making • Service/Organisation for guidance • System for policy directions • Published Literature • Key mechanism by which research is made available

  4. Why evidence matters • Informs direct care • Guides decision making (policy and service) • Helps assess value or options • Provides a basis to disagree

  5. Challenges in finding literature • Search enables information retrieval • Challenges in information retrieval • Information overload • Published? • In a bibliographic database? • Indexed, thesaurus? • Rights to access? • Specific interface • Skills of searcher

  6. Easy to find? Characteristics of ideal search: • Open access (no registration) • Pre written (easy) • One click (fast) • Retrieves what we need and excludes what we don’t (accurate) http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031050@N06/3292307605 /

  7. From this … … to this - with simple clicks

  8. PubMed • Why PubMed? • Open access • Free to use • Hyperlinking(Able to create URLs) • Non indexed set • Choice of full text only

  9. Why use a search filter? • An “evidence based" search = known effectiveness • Benefits • Saves time • Increases likelihood of quality retrievals • Removes individual search burden • Embeds technical expertise • Facilitates knowledge translation

  10. Search Filter Methodology • Scoping Study • Expert Advisory Group • Gold Standard Selection • Term Identification • Search Filter • Post Hoc Relevance Assessment • PubMed Translation

  11. Bereavement Search Filter • Project Overview • Partners: external advisory group • Part of CareSearch 2011-14 work program • Performance • Recall in FVS: 81.16% • Post hoc relevance: 72.4%

  12. Some technical challenges • Concept boundaries: Bereavement and Grief • Indicators of the difficulty of searching in this field • Solution: two search filters • Implications for the palliative care search filter

  13. The filter in action …

  14. Create your own search

  15. Conclusion • New Bereavement Search Filter • Created by CareSearch and used on the website • Benefits for clinicians • Topic searches are targeted to clinical practice • Searches are fast and easy to use (no need to be an expert searcher) • Searches are reliable • Searches are free and open access (no need for logon or paid subscription) • Barriers to using evidence in practice can be reduced

  16. Currently in development … • General Grief and Bereavement Search Filter • This will be available on the Flinders Filters site later in 2014. • Please register your interest with us if you would like to be informed when it is ready.

  17. CareSearch would like to thank the many people who contribute their time and expertise to the project, including members of the National Advisory Group and the Knowledge Network Management Group. CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. www.caresearch.com.au

More Related