Why Clinical research is important Flashcards
Why is research important for patients?
Receive care/treatment which is effective
Improve upon current care/treatment
Monitoring and maintaining standards
Why is research important for a practitioner?
Consume research and apply it to practice
Advance knowledge in this field
Understanding process issues
Quality improvement
Why is research important to allow psychologists to see whether programmes based on research work?
It allows us to see what works and what doesn’t
e.g. scared straight interventions for young delinquent people. After research we know that scared straight interventions don’t work and can make people worse
How does clinical psychology research help us?
Defining and categorising events and their relationship with psychopathology and behaviours
Aetiology of psychopathology/behaviours
Risk factors for onset and relapse
Effectiveness of care models and interventions
Development and standardisation of assessment tools
What does the Scientist Practitioner Model look like in a graph?
3 circles- venn diagram
Practice, science and advocacy
All interact
What is the difference between applied and objective research?
scientific objective: study existing research and conducting own research
applied objective: application of research to practice
What is the scientist practitioner model? What does it improve? What does it contribute? Does it make protocols and what for? What does it test?
Conduct research to improve clinical practice
Contribute to scientific community/development of the field
Hypothesis testing
Quality improvement
Scientific based protocols for assessment and tools
Integration of scientific findings into practice e.g. empirically supported therapies
What does evidence based practice look like in a graph?
Venn diagram for clinical practice, best research evidence, patient preferences
All interact
Does the evidence based research model go against the scientist practitioner model? How does the EBP model make decisions? To what standard?
Complimentary to the scientist-practitioner model
Use the current best evidence to make decisions
‘Gold standard’ for delivering psychological therapies
Ensures quality and accountability
What does best research evidence mean in the evidence based practice model?
Psychologists as evidence consumers
Draw upon psychological theory and empirical research
Selecting the best evidence to inform practice
What does clinical expertise in the evidence based practice model mean?
Professionals work together
What does patient centred approach mean in the evidence based practice model mean?
Patient centred approach
Individual preferences and values
Think of access, alternatives, benefits and risks
Must work best for the individual
What do researchers mean by the quality of research, what is needed in research for strong evidence?
Start with expert opinions
Then focus on case reports and then cohort studies and then randomised clinical trials (RCT)
Lastly, the last step is a systematic review
Module convener research. What did they research into? How many people? Where was it? What were the variables? What assessments were done? How will this research help autistic people in hospitals?
Research into Autistic people detained within secure hospitals
3 years in a multi-NHS site
284 autistic individuals
Background and clinical variables
Neurocognitive assessments
Findings: changes how these people will be treated in hospital
What is ViCap? What is the Crime classification Manual? How was it made? Who made it?
Vicap, computer programme which picks up on similar patterns of crime across the US
This wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Douglas creating the Crime Classification Manual. Where he interviewed big offenders, like Ted Bundy to create this manual.
Module convener did research. How are fire setters a specialist group of offenders? How can these offenders be treated?
Fire setters appear to be a specialist group of offenders, who uphold unique psychological characteristics.
Fire setters require specialist treatment to target these psychological needs
What are the 5 steps to evidence based research?
Question/Clinical issue
Synthesize and analyse
Implement
Evaluate
Disseminate (tell colleagues and write a paper)
Based on the module conveners research on fire setters. What treatment was made? What happened when it was evaluated?
Fire setting Intervention Programme for Prisoners
This programme was evaluated
It does work so now it’s been used nationally
In both the module convener’s research, what methods did she use to investigate the clients experiences?
interviews
