Gary Jones

What's the idea? Evidence-informed practitioners will want to find the best available evidence.

It's important to develop well-formulated and answerable questions when you start to look at research so that you use your time efficiently.

A lot research is hard to find, sits behind paywalls and can be expensive to access. There are, however, a number of cheap and easy ways to access research evidence.

While reading academic papers can feel like hard work, there are a few basic techniques that can make it much easier. What does it mean?

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle is a tool for planning, implementing, refining and improving an intervention or change. What does it mean?

2 min read 2 min read What's the idea? Meta-analysis

1 min read 1 min read What's the idea? An essential part of being a research-informed practitioner is assessing the outcome of the decision you have taken.

1 min read 1 min read What's the idea? As Drucker (2001, p. 195) states: ‘One alternative is always the alternative of doing nothing.'

What's the idea? It is important to have a simple search strategy to help you sift through all the research evidence and keep you focused on what matters.

2 min read 2 min read What's the idea? When implementing a new idea or approach, on many occasions this may end in failure.