COURSEWORK
Summary of Assessment
You will apply research methodologies and methods into writing an ethical, legally sound research proposal suitable for imaging practice; you will complete an ethical proposal form in which you will propose a piece of research focused on improving an aspect of patient care/patient experience. 2000 words
You will write a proposal for a research project that is based on one of the ‘vignettes’ (see the assessment folder). The patient stories (vignettes) are given to you to assist you in developing a research question. You will use the template given for this assessment.
The vignette that has been selected for the proposal for the research project is below:
In a recent survey of refugees experiences of accessing healthcare services in the healthcare region it uncovered some rather concerning at times, and somewhat patchy at best, stories.
Some of the highlights were that some are being refused access to interpreters. Some are being refused access to services unless interpreters are present, yet they are not provided by the service. ‘Google Translate’ was often being used, despite its inaccuracy and often without space for patients to type in their own language. Telephone interpreters were sometimes being used, but these were often found to be unclear and difficult to understand, which can be made worse by differences in accent or dialect.
Only 20% reported having access to an interpreter and a ‘good service’. Because of this concerning report, your manager has asked you to undertake a small-scale piece of research in which you will research the experience of refugees attending for imaging services at hospital X. You have been asked to focus on planned services such as ultrasound, CT and MRI at the moment. Your manager is wishes to know how the service at hospital X compares, and where the issues might be.
Proposed research question based off vignette:
For refugee patients attending hospital X, how is patient care experience affected by language barriers when undergoing an imaging examination?
This is the question that you will be answering your research proposal on.
Approach have you used to assist you in structuring this question.
PEO – population, exposure and outcome.
P – Refugee patients attending hospital X.
E – The issue that I am interested in is how patient care experience is affected by language barriers when undergoing an imaging examination for refugee patients.
O – What I want to examine is the patient care given to refugee patients during an imaging examination.
Ensure this is clearly explained in the first section.
Research methodology that you are required to use:
Qualitative methodology.
Ensure you have an appropriate method of data collection.
Your assessment brief is:
You are a student radiographer in St Elsewhere Trust and they have recently launched a “Get into research” initiative to enhance the profile of evidence-based research in clinical practice. There is a small funding pot available, but also some support from the R+D department to support early career researchers.
All undergraduate students have been instructed they must put forward a research proposal for the Trust initiative, because the department manager is especially keen to raise the profile of research amongst the imaging department. There are a number of issues at the moment, and these are presented to the students in a meeting in the form of the ‘vignettes’ (see the assessment folder). You are told you should develop a research question and project around ONE of these topics and this must be patient focused, not about the technology.
But you are a student radiographer, and this would be your final year project (potentially, if you got the go ahead) so it can only be really small and local. You wouldn’t have any money to do anything fancy/ambitious and not much time to complete this, only a few months at most. The funding (maximum) if you were successful would be £250 and that might cover some photocopying and transcription costs (for example), if you were lucky! So, keep it simple.
A research comes from the R+D department to tell you a bit more about writing the proposal and they tell you that the first phase of any project is to put the research proposal together – this then gets scrutinised by a research ethics panel and then they would say whether you could ACTUALLY do the project or not. So, they tell you need to think very carefully about all your decisions, make sure all your decisions are ethical, legal and the proposal is easy to follow. All the steps must be set out clearly. So, you need to carefully consider what will you do? How will you do it? and why?
They tell you that your research design can be quantitative or qualitative in design, but you have been advised by the research team to keep it simple (for that reason to avoid mixed methods design). Also, for these reasons a project that is Longitudinal or ethnography is therefore out of the question as well.
They tell you that you must base all your decisions in the evidence – this is an academic piece of writing after all. So, you can’t tell the ethics panel why you are proposing to do something a certain way (from the evidence). You are told that just stating what you will do without underpinning that won’t be sufficient as that won’t show you have enough knowledge and understanding of the topic and of research methods.
Finally, the researcher tells you that there is no such thing as a perfect piece of research! There will be flaws, limitations etc… this will not be a perfect piece of research. But that the world is messy, life is messy and humans and ‘messy’, and so is research ! That is why your reflection in the final section is important so please don’t miss this part out because it shows that you can be open and honest about the limitations of your own proposal. It can be the most important part in many ways.
Proposal form for research methods assignment/5IP500/ Autumn 2021
Remember:
- You are NOT undertaking any primary research of any kind. This is a research proposal.
- Ensure you are maintaining confidentiality – you must not name any persons, places, or places of work.
- You MUST use the vignette as the basis of your research proposal; this is not optional.
- Information on the vignette is included in the assignment brief.
- Use the checklist to guide, read it, don’t just tick it.
| Your student number | ||
| The word count, not including reference list and headings is: | The word count is 2000 words (max) | |
| Confirm the research question is focused on meeting an aspect of patient care and/or patient experience, | This is stated as a requirement in the assignment brief | |
| Confirm you have considered the ethical and legal considerations in adequate detail, including consent and data protection | This is part of the learning outcome you must meet. This is a common reason for referral. | |
| Confirm you have explained a relevant research methodology and a research method relevant to this project proposal | This is part of the learning outcome you must meet | |
| Confirm the research you are proposing is small scale and suitable for a solo researcher (at undergraduate level) and would be realistically completed within a 6month timeframe from start to finish if you were to carry this out in real life. | This is in order to meet the assignment brief. | |
| Confirm you have not breached confidentiality in any aspect of this assignment | This would be an automatic fail | |
| Confirm you have checked your turnitin similarity score in advance, and adjusted your work accordingly where required.
Confirm you have not plagiarised any element of your work |
Similarity score: | Your turnitin similarity score can help identify any areas where you have plagiarised (inadvertently or otherwise) and then you can adjust that section. However, this does mean you need to submit a version before the deadline and then work on your final version. Allow time for this. |
- You MUST use this form BELOW and submit your work on this form; the words on the template have been accounted for. DO NOT do your own thing.
- Complete the form by answering the questions in the box on the left of the proposal form.
- Below will be some information that will help you fill out some of the proposal form. Fill this information in in the box that is required and complete the form.
Proposed research question based off vignette:
For refugee patients attending hospital X, how is patient care experience affected by language barriers when undergoing an imaging examination?
This is the question that you will be answering your research proposal on.
Approach have you used to assist you in structuring this question.
PEO – population, exposure and outcome.
P – Refugee patients attending hospital X.
E – The issue that I am interested in is how patient care experience is affected by language barriers when undergoing an imaging examination for refugee patients.
O – What I want to examine is the patient care given to refugee patients during an imaging examination.
Ensure this is clearly explained in the first section.
Research methodology that you are required to use:
Qualitative methodology.
| Project title
Outline your research question and explain how you have derived this (the structure)
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| What is the aim of your study?
There should be ONE aim. This should be one or two short sentences for a short description |
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| What are the objectives of your study?
Bullet point (or number) these, a maximum of five. These should expand on the aim. It is not acceptable to give this as a narration. |
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| What does your initial (brief) review of the literature demonstrate in terms of a rationale for this study ?
Demonstrate you have done an initial review of the relevant databases and know that there is literature to support your initial ideas
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| Outline of your study design
This is your overall design methodology (research philosophy), a brief review of why you have chosen this approach and why it is appropriate for this study. |
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| Sample/context
What sampling method and sample will you use? Why have you chosen this approach? What are the strength and weaknesses? When using people who will you include/exclude and how have you arrived at those decisions?
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| Method for data collection
What data collection method will you use? Why have you chosen this method? If you are asking questions or using a questionnaire (for example) then you should explain what you will ask and how you have derived these/or assessed the validity of this method. It should be clear to the reader when and how any data will be collected, and be logical to follow as a process. |
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| Ethical considerations
Explain what ethical considerations there are with this project proposal and how you will mitigate/plan for each of them. This must include ethical considerations around working with people and data protection considerations.
This is an important section linked to a learning outcome, ensure you understand how to complete this fully and reference accurately |
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| Data analysis
What data analysis approach will you use, why have you chosen this approach? Ensure all the steps are clearly outlined and link to your project specially (are not too general to this method of research). Make sure this aligns with your research design. |
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| Dissemination
How will you disseminate (share) your research to your local audience in a meaningful and impactful way? why have you chosen this approach? |
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| Final conclusion
When you review your proposal as a whole, what issues, if any, are there in terms of validity and reliability. Where are the weaknesses, biases and flaws ? Every research proposal and researcher has them. What might that mean for the quality of the research that is produced ? (validity and reliability) |
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| Optional:
A graphic timeline (smart art for example) for research project
(no additional words allowed, this must augment what you have already stated above).
(Not in word count)
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| References (not in word count) |
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