Stop 1: Meet with Mentor - Clinical Question & Initial Team Construction - Evidence-Based Practice Portfolio - Research Guides at Virginia Commonwealth University

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Updated: March 27, 2018

Meet with Mentor - Sign Off on Question and Team Members

Before moving on, meet with your mentor/advisor concerning your question. The purpose of this meeting is to ensure that your question and path forward are one that will allow you to be successful. Do not move forward before your mentor/advisor sign off on the meeting sheet.

During this meeting discuss the clinical question you have come up with and how that question links to the unit and/or hospital goals. It would also be a good time to discuss why this is an important question and any potential data sources that can be consulted to determine the impact of any potential intervention.

Also, during this meeting discuss the stakeholders who will be affected by the project and which people on the unit or in the hospital who have been identified as potential team members. It may be useful to get some commitments from some of the potential team members so that you can have their assistance as you gather and evaluate evidence.

Stop 1: Documents for Review

Question Development Tool - PICO This form will help you to think through the process of coming up with a question in the PICO format.
Stakeholder Analysis Tool
EBP Resource/ Meeting Log This form is intended to help those doing an EBP project to keep track of the people the project was discussed with, from question development to implementation. It is a list that will help to identify potential team members as well. The form also enables the team to keep track of what resources were consulted and what was found as the EBP question was clarified.

Questions for Mentors to Discuss with Mentees / Questions to Consider at this Point

What issues/problems are you observing in the practice environment? How can these be addressed?
What is your initial question?
What information or database resources have you consulted in formulating your question?
What experts or other members of the organization have you discussed your question or idea with at this point? What feedback or thoughts emerged from these conversations?
Have you identified potential team members to assist with this project?
How does this question align with a hospital or unit goals?
What are some potential data sources that could be used to help determine if this is, in fact, a problem or will help to determine the effectiveness of the intervention if a practice change is adopted?