A5: Managing information and data within the health and science sector.

Question 1

What is qualitative research method?

Answer 1

Text-base describing something that may involve numbers e.g. patient history.

Question 2

What is quantitative research?

Answer 2

Measurements e.g. length, heigh, age and time. It can be either.

Question 3

Give the meaning of discrete research.

Answer 3

Something that you can count e.g. numbers.

Question 4

Give the meaning of continous research.

Answer 4

Something that can be measured e.g. blood glucose.

Question 5

What is a public database?

Answer 5

Clinical databases rather than published research.

Question 6

Prospective

Answer 6

Observes a group of people over time.

Question 7

Retrospective

Answer 7

Looks back at data from groups years back.

Question 8

Give the meaning of a focus group.

Answer 8

Highly structured interview, participants are usually selected on the basis that they will have something to say.

Question 9

What is an open/closed question surveys?

Answer 9

Gathers factual information.

Closed questions require a simple answer, quick and easy to carry out.
Open questions require a longer answer or explanation and allows more info to be provided.

Question 10

What is an interview?

Answer 10

• Open-question survey can improve quality of data collected but can be more complex.

Question 11

Give the most appropriate way to present data

Answer 11

• Tables
• Graphs and charts
• Scatter graphs
• Line graph
• Bar charts
• Histograms
• Pie chart.

Question 12

How important is accuracy of information?

Answer 12

Comply with legal requirements
- Ensuring anonymity limit liability.
- Provide account of events.
- Help collab and intergrated working and data sharing.
- Ensures accurate analysis of findings.
- Provides evidence needed in support of audit trail.

Question 13

What does the term repeatable mean?

Answer 13

Carrying out an investigation several times in the same place.

Question 14

What does the term reproducible mean?

Answer 14

Investigations carried out by different people using different methods.

Question 15

Give the pros and cons of Real-time observations.

Answer 15

PROS
- Can get data immediately.

CONS
- Can possibly become subjective - cannot be measured.

Question 16

What new technology is appplied to managing information?

Answer 16

AI machine/learning
Mobile technlogy and apps
Cloud-based systems
Digital information management systems.

Question 17

What laws are in place for protection of personal information?

Answer 17

Data Protection Act 2018
- Implement GDPR
- Controls use of personal information

UK GDPR
- Provides a set of principles which any individual or organisation processing sensitive data must apply.

Question 18

Give the meaning of the word ‘objective’

Answer 18

Fact-first approach relies on documental observations and descriptions.

Question 19

Give the meaning of the word ‘subjective’

Answer 19

Relies on a person’s own mind and opinions, personal feelings, opinions and interpretations.

Question 20

What are the positive uses of social media?

Answer 20

• Awarness campaigns
• Correcting misinformation
• Crisis communication and monitoring
• Data gathering
• Establishing support networks
• Recruitment
• Marketing

Question 21

What are the restrictions of use of social media?

Answer 21

• Not posting sensitive/personal information about yourself or others
• Maintaining professional boundaries when interacting with individuals outside of work.
• Not sharing inaccurate or non-evidence based information.

Question 22

How do security measures protect data?

Answer 22

• Controlling access to information
• Allowing only authorised staff within a specific work area
• Regular and up-to-date training
• Making regular backups of files
• Using recent and updated cyber security.
• Ensuring back up data is stored externally.

Question 23

What actions should be taken if information is not stored securely?

Answer 23

Secure information where possible
- Record and report the incident to the designated person and follow organisations policies and procedures.

Question 24

Give the advantages of using IT systems to record and store data.

Answer 24

• Easy to access and transfer data
• Speed of data analysis
• Standardisation of data
• Ability to have continous and real time monitoring of data.

Question 25

Give the disadvantages of using IT systems to record and store data.

Answer 25

• Security breaches (malicious or accidental)
• Potential corruption of data
• Lack of access due to system failure.