NURSING 7100 - Knowledge Translation

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2021

This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to access, critique and incorporate evidence into their practice with the aim of improving patient care. Students will; consider the context in which their practice occurs, use pragmatic methods of assessing where practice needs to improve and plan a practice change project through facilitating a multi-disciplinary team.

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Course Details

Course Code	NURSING 7100
Course	Knowledge Translation
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Nursing School
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Online
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Restrictions	Available to M.NurSc and G.DipNurSc students only
Assessment	Online quiz, learning journal, clinical audit proposal, portfolio of activities

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Ms Sally-Anne Bessell

Course Coordinator:Sally-Anne Bessell
Email: sally-anne.bessell@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: 08 8313 7301

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

1	Describe the underlying principles of Knowledge Translation
2	Examine an area in nursing practice where there is a knowledge translation issue
3	Analyse the steps taken to address a knowledge translation issue
4	Design a knowledge translation project intended to assess evidence use in the clinical setting
5	Evaluate potential barriers to the translation of knowledge into practice and ways in which they can be addressed

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	2,3,5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	4
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	4

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Text
Harvey, G & Kitson, A 2015, Implementing Evidence-based Practice in Healthcare: a Facilitation guide, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK.

Reader
The readings for this course are available electronically via MyUni.
Please note: it is your responsibility to organise printing should you prefer a hard copy of the reader.

Recommended Resources

Rycroft-Malone, J, Bucknall, T, 2010, Models and Frameworks for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Linking Evidence to Action, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, United Kingdom.

Straus, S, Tetroe, J & Graham, I 2013, Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving from Evidence to Practice, 2nd edn, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. (An online verison of this text is available via the library)

Note: You are not required to buy recommended texts. However, they provide valuable supplementary reading on various aspects of the material covered within this course and you are encouraged to have a look at them.

Online Learning

MyUni
All students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework nursing program have access to the School of Nursing – Postgraduate Coursework Student Centre on MyUni. If you would like the opportunity to network with other students, you can use the Communication features in the site. This site will also feature information about the latest news and events at the School of Nursing.

Unified
http://unified.adelaide.edu.au/
UNIFIED is your one-stop shop for email, calendar, MyUni and Access Adelaide. It even allows you to search the Library.
UNIFIED is available to all active students; with a single login you can access your student systems and personal information through a central website. Login with your Student ID ("a1234567") and Password.

For more information, including easy to follow instructions visit https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/web/mycampus/home.

Library Resources
Help for Nursing Students
The 成人大片 Library has a website to help nursing students use the library and its resource (www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/nursing).

Remote student library service
The 成人大片 Library provides a document delivery and loans service to non-metropolitan students who do not visit a 成人大片 campus to attend classes (www.adelaide.edu.au/library/docdel/external.html).
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course will be delivered through the Flexible Learning Mode through prescribed reading, access to pre-recorded lecture material and a face to face tutorial.

A series of readings and activities are presented and you are advised to follow carefully what is required of you to complete. You will be expected to undertake a substantial program of reading and reflection. A number of articles have been prescribed and these are contained in the Reader that forms part of the materials for this course. However, in developing your clinical practice change proposal you will also need to source articles relevant to your practice setting and we encourage you to become familiar with accessing materials from the library, databases and the Internet.

During the course there will be a tutorial to provide opportunity for discussion about course content and the assessments. The tutorial provides an opportunity for students to discuss the course content material and potential practice change topics and all students are strongly advised to attend. For those unable to attend a recording will be made available via MyUni.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

It is expected that you will need to spend about 8-10 hours of study a week to successfully complete this course. This includes reading, completing activities, attendance at the tutorial and listening to pre-recorded material. Thus some weeks it will be more and others less. It is recommended that you plan your time commitment to the course at the beginning of the semester.

Learning Activities Summary

Introduction to Knowledge Translation (KT)
KT Models and Frameworks - i-PARIHS, Knowledge to Action and other KT frameworks
Identifying a Topic for Knowledge Translation
Identification of Stakeholders and Recipients
Context
Facilitation - Who and How?
KT project Workshop - KT project examples

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting
Online Quiz	Formative	0%
Learning journal	Summative	30%
Knowledge Translation Project Plan	Summative	70%

Assessment Detail

Quiz
This quiz will assist in meeting the required writing style for academic assignments.

Learning Journal
This learning journal is designed to give you an opportunity to document your reflections on and engagement with the concepts of knowledge translation covered in this course.

Knowledge Translation Project Plan
You are required to develop a plan for a knowledge translation project. It is important that your topic is appropriate and feasible. This includes identifying an area of nursing practice where you believe improvement in practice is required, or a systemic issue in your workplace involving nursing in a key role. You need to briefly describe the area of practice and give a rationale for why you believe knowledge translation is required.

Submission

Assessments, unless otherwise stated in your Study guide, are to be submitted electronically via Assignments in MyUni on the due date identified in this Study guide. Instructions for assignment submission are available for all students under Tutorials at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/.

An assessment submitted via MyUni must be submitted as a .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx or .rtf file. MyUni stamps all the other details against your filename once you submit your assessment.

When submitting your assessments via MyUni you are bound by the Statement of Acknowledgment of Original Work. For more information go to the Academic Honesty Policy .

If you have difficulty submitting your assignment, you can call the MyUni helpdesk from 8am to 6pm 08 8313 3000.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Plagiarism
Students are reminded that plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty constitute a serious offence and can result in disciplinary procedures. Students are advised to read the policy Academic Honesty and Assessment Obligations for Coursework Students Policy & Coursework Students: Academic Dishonesty Procedures policy, available at www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/. The following definitions should be noted.

Referencing: providing a full bibliographic reference to the source of the citation (in a style as determined by the School).
Quotation: placing an excerpt from an original source into a paper using either quotation marks or indentation, with the source cited, using an approved referencing system in order to give credit to the original author.
Paraphrasing: repeating a section of text using different words which retain the original meaning.
Please note: changing just a few words does not constitute paraphrasing.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.

Student comments about the best aspects of this course.

Real life situation application.

It was relatively new subject for me. I was skeptical about it. Knowledge translation gives me confidence about level of my own practice.

The best aspect of this course is that it gives us plenty of time to study and understand about Knowledge Translation, which I was not aware of at all. Also doing two big assignments are manageable for people like me, who works nearly full time and a mother of a toddler and have no family support. But at the same time having a desire to learn more to provide my best in my chosen career of nursing.

Learned a new course I had no experience and knowledge in.

This course will assist and guide me to implement change in my hospital setting.

The workshop about the final assignment was very helpful. Detailed an step by step making it easier to understand and do the assignment.

Learning about something that really had me engage in the topic to really understand it.
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