STRUCTURE OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW
INDEX:
- Identify all sections with page numbers
INTRODUCTION (word count 750 words approx.)
- Introduce your topic and why you have chosen it. Place it within the context of current healthcare and what you aim to achieve by researching the topic. Remember to include confidentiality acknowledgement.
LITERATURE SEARCH STRATEGY (word count 500 words approx.)
- Identify databases searched, keywords used and link to your appendix where you should include your search strategy information.
LITERATURE REVIEW (word count 1500-1750 words )
- Critically review literature that you have sourced identifying the key findings from each paper. Use thematic analysis to structure this section.
DISCUSSION (word count 2000 words )
- Ensure that you use the literature to demonstrate how it can be applied to current practice and identify the implications for service users and their families ensuring that you capture any confounding factors such as the impact of financial and physical resources, human resource implications, sustainability of service change and how practice may or may not be altered. Support your arguments with theory from change management, human resource management etc.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS (word count 750-1000 words)
- Ensure you revisit the purpose of undertaking a review of the topic and bring your work to a neat concluding section. Make sure you have summarised the key factors that may/will influence change and how this can/will be embedded into practice.
REFERENCE LIST
- Reference List to be included CCCU Harvard Style, No bibliography required
APPENDICES
- To include your search strategy template
