Distinguishing Between Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Research
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will focus on defining evidence-based practice, quality improvement, research, and the criteria to distinguish each. Strategies will be discussed on how to determine which form of scholarship should be chosen or used depending on the project at hand. Aspects of each will be discussed to help you determine which is best for your project.
Objectives:
- Define evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research
- Discuss the distinction between evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research
- Demonstrate how to determine if the project meets research criteria
Sponsored by AACN's Research Leadership Network.
Speakers
Gwen Wyatt, PhD, RN, FAANProfessor
Michigan State University
Dr. Gwen Wyatt is a full professor in the College of Nursing at Michigan State University (MSU) and has had a continually funded program of research since 1994. Her research focuses on reducing symptoms and improving the quality of life of cancer patients, and more recently, their informal caregivers. She has served as PI on 9 completed studies that focused on interventions, including intervention design, intervention fidelity, intervention outcomes, safety, feasibility, and efficacy.
As PI, she recently completed an NCI R01 (CA157459-01), assessing reflexology provided by a friend or family member at home for symptom management among late stage breast cancer patients. Concurrently, she served as Co-I, on an R01 (CA151445-01), assessing self-administered acupressure for chronic fatigue among breast cancer survivors. Her program of research has led to numerous trials to distinguish which complementary and integrative therapies are effective, for different conditions, in order to improve quality life for patients. Additionally, her current work (CA193706-01A1) uses a new design, the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) methodology, to personalize supportive care for patients receiving medical treatment for cancer and advance clinical decision-making.
The long-range goal of her program of research is to create an evidence-based menu of supportive care therapies for symptom management among cancer patients in treatment. Once a menu with successful treatment options becomes translated to clinical practice, patients can reap the benefits of enhanced symptom management and increased quality of life.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.