Monthly Archives: August 2015

Week 3,5

I have managed to finish the first part of my literature review on the patient’s well-being and the health related quality post-abdominal surgery. I have produced a summary with an overview of the papers that I have read. This will … Continue reading

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Week Eight

This is my last week based at Trinity and I spent the majority of the week finalising little bits and pieces to give to Jo, including finishing the methods section for our study. I also spent a lot of time … Continue reading

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Week Eight

My last week came around in the blink of an eye, and before I knew it I was finishing up my part of the project; finally completing the mammoth lab report as well as actually conquering the dreaded statistics! Once … Continue reading

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Week 2,5

The start of the week was quite exciting with a research project at the ophthalmology unit, which my colleague is supervising. The study investigates the outcomes of different treatment methods for the patients. We went in together and organised the … Continue reading

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Week Seven

This week I edited the tables in the literature review into themes; I found four themes for both the barriers and facilitators of implementing evidence based practice. I also created a diagram which demonstrates the relationship between practice and evidence; … Continue reading

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Week Seven

Much like the past couple of weeks, this week mainly consisted of me continuing with the ever lengthening lab report as well as still trying to get my head around the numerous statistical tests which had to be carried out … Continue reading

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Week One – Induction – getting to know the research and development department

Welcome and great that you have found your way to my very first blog! From now on, I will update you weekly for the next 8 weeks on the progress of my placement. My first 1,5 weeks have been pretty … Continue reading

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Week Six

I have spent the majority of this week finalising the literature review; I’ve gone through and updated different references to make them as recent as possible. I have also come across some more journals which needed adding into my review; … Continue reading

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Week Six

Week six mainly constituted of continuing with the lab report alongside attempting a tonne of statistics. I spent a good portion of the week shifting through the results we’d gained so far and scouring the internet for reports and papers … Continue reading

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Week Five

This week there was no operation stack so the office was back to normal; everyone was back in, so a lot more people to talk to! I started this week off with the literature review and have now completed this. … Continue reading

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