Evidence informed care means using the available evidence base to plan and deliver care to service users.

Understanding how to evaluate the quality of the evidence base is crucial to choosing the most appropriate and up to date approach to clinical care in your specialty.

Research Questions are the questions around which you centre your research and should clearly state what the researcher needs to do.

The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way.

Ethics and governance are embedded in all stages of research.

Research Delivery is the carrying out of all study activities in accordance with the study protocol and agreed local Standards Of Practice (SOP)

Dissemination means sharing your research findings with people who will benefit from understanding them.