Nursing and Midwifery Sciences – Nursing Profile - Roma S. Camillo

Activity type

Tirocinio nei SSD di riferimento della classe

SSD

MED/45

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

13

Hours distribution

325 others hours

Lecturers

Activity type

Tirocinio nei SSD di riferimento della classe

SSD

MED/47

Year

2nd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

2

Hours distribution

50 others hours

Lecturers

ANGELA LA VALLE

Activity type

Tirocinio nei SSD di riferimento della classe

SSD

MED/45

Year

2nd year

Semester

2nd semester

CFU

13

Hours distribution

325 others hours

Lecturers

Flavio Marti

Activity type

Tirocinio nei SSD di riferimento della classe

SSD

MED/47

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

2

Hours distribution

50 others hours

Lecturers

At the end of the internship, students will have developed advanced competencies in critically appraising scientific evidence, synthesizing research findings and translating evidence into clinical, organizational and educational practice. They will be able to assess the methodological quality and risk of bias of primary and secondary studies using internationally validated appraisal tools, critically interpret systematic reviews and meta-analyses, evaluate the certainty of evidence using the GRADE approach and formulate evidence-informed recommendations. Students will integrate research findings with clinical context, patient preferences, organizational sustainability and healthcare priorities, producing a project work demonstrating methodological rigor, scientific autonomy and clinical relevance.

Students are expected to have successfully achieved the learning outcomes of Internship I, particularly regarding secondary research design, systematic literature searching, scientific literature management and protocol development. Adequate knowledge of clinical research methodology, applied statistics and Evidence-Based Practice is also required.

The internship focuses on advanced methodologies for critically appraising and synthesizing scientific evidence. Topics include internationally recognized tools for assessing methodological quality and risk of bias in experimental, observational and secondary studies, including AMSTAR 2, ROB 2, ROBINS-I, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, CASP and the JBI Critical Appraisal Tools. Students will explore the methodological principles of meta-analysis, interpretation of effect measures, statistical heterogeneity, sensitivity analyses and publication bias, together with the GRADE approach for assessing the certainty of evidence and the strength of recommendations. Particular emphasis will be placed on evidence implementation models, knowledge translation strategies, identification of barriers and facilitators to organizational change and the development of evidence-informed interventions aimed at improving healthcare quality. The internship concludes with the preparation and discussion of a project work documenting the methodological process and the clinical applicability of the findings.

The primary textbook is Polit D.F. and Beck C.T., Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, 11th edition, Wolters Kluwer, 2021. Essential references include the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis, the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, the GRADE Handbook and the most recent international reporting guidelines, including PRISMA 2020, PRISMA-ScR and PRISMA 2020 for Abstracts. Additional methodological papers and up-to-date scientific documents selected by the instructor will be used throughout the internship to further develop competencies in evidence synthesis and implementation science.

Module: FIRST YEAR: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: FIRST YEAR: OBSTETRIC SCIENCES
Lo Biondo-Wood G., Haber J. Metodologia della ricerca infermieristica: metodi e valutazione critica per la pratica basata sulle evidenze. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2023. ISBN 978-88-08-19064-0Joanna Briggs Institute. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI, 2020. ISBN 978-0-648-84812-3
Melnyk B.M., Fineout-Overholt E. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018 (4ª ed.). ISBN 978-1-4963-5104-6
Higgins J.P.T., Thomas J., Chandler J. et al. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Wiley-Blackwell, 2023 (versione 6.4). ISBN 978-1-119-56726-3
Aromataris E., Munn Z. (Eds.). JBI Evidence Synthesis Manual. Adelaide: JBI, 2020. ISBN 978-0-648-84812-3
Gough D., Oliver S., Thomas J. An Introduction to Systematic Reviews. SAGE Publications, 2017 (2ª ed.). ISBN 978-1-4739-5417-8
Munn Z., Stern C., Aromataris E., Lockwood C. Methodological guidance for systematic reviews of observational epidemiological studies reporting prevalence and incidence data. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2018. DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000154
Tricco A.C., et al. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018;169(7):467-473. DOI: 10.7326/M18-0850
Sackett D.L., Straus S.E., Richardson W.S., Rosenberg W., Haynes R.B. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. Churchill Livingstone, 2011 (4ª ed.). ISBN 978-0-7020-3139-2



Module: SECOND YEAR: NURSING SCIENCES
Lo Biondo-Wood G., Haber J. Metodologia della ricerca infermieristica: metodi e valutazione critica per la pratica basata sulle evidenze. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2023. ISBN 978-88-08-19064-0Joanna Briggs Institute. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI, 2020. ISBN 978-0-648-84812-3
Melnyk B.M., Fineout-Overholt E. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018 (4ª ed.). ISBN 978-1-4963-5104-6
Higgins J.P.T., Thomas J., Chandler J. et al. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Wiley-Blackwell, 2023 (versione 6.4). ISBN 978-1-119-56726-3
Aromataris E., Munn Z. (Eds.). JBI Evidence Synthesis Manual. Adelaide: JBI, 2020. ISBN 978-0-648-84812-3
Gough D., Oliver S., Thomas J. An Introduction to Systematic Reviews. SAGE Publications, 2017 (2ª ed.). ISBN 978-1-4739-5417-8
Munn Z., Stern C., Aromataris E., Lockwood C. Methodological guidance for systematic reviews of observational epidemiological studies reporting prevalence and incidence data. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2018. DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000154
Tricco A.C., et al. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018;169(7):467-473. DOI: 10.7326/M18-0850
Sackett D.L., Straus S.E., Richardson W.S., Rosenberg W., Haynes R.B. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. Churchill Livingstone, 2011 (4ª ed.). ISBN 978-0-7020-3139-2



Module: SECOND YEAR: OBSTETRIC SCIENCES
N/D

The internship includes critical appraisal of scientific literature, methodological workshops, interpretation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, application of internationally recognized appraisal tools and progressive development of an individual project work. Regular supervision meetings with faculty members are intended to support critical discussion of evidence, methodological refinement of the project and exploration of the clinical, organizational and research implications of the findings.

Attendance is compulsory according to the regulations of the Master's Degree Programme. Active participation in workshops, supervision meetings and scientific discussions represents an essential component of the educational pathway.

Assessment will be based on the presentation and discussion of an individual project consisting of a complete secondary research study. Students will be required to demonstrate competence in critically appraising the methodological quality of included studies, appropriately synthesizing evidence, correctly interpreting statistical findings and formulating recommendations applicable to clinical and organizational practice. The oral discussion will also assess critical thinking, methodological rigor, scientific reasoning and the appropriate use of international scientific terminology.

During the examination students may be asked to discuss the differences among major methodological quality and risk-of-bias assessment tools, interpret the findings of a meta-analysis and the clinical meaning of effect measures, explain how the GRADE methodology determines the certainty of evidence, discuss the clinical implications of the synthesized findings and justify the recommendations developed on the basis of the best available evidence. Students may also be asked to describe strategies for implementing research evidence into clinical practice and healthcare decision-making.

Module: FIRST YEAR: NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: FIRST YEAR: OBSTETRIC SCIENCES

• Use of reference management software. Duplicate removal. Title, abstract and full-text screening procedures. Application of eligibility criteria and organization of the study selection process.


• Development of the PRISMA flow diagram. Design of standardized data extraction forms. Systematic extraction and organization of data from included studies.


• Principles of narrative evidence synthesis. Introduction to the critical appraisal of methodological quality in primary studies and reviews. Transparency, reproducibility and research integrity in nursing research.


• Guided practical application of the main steps of a literature review: research question formulation, literature search strategy development, study screening, PRISMA flow diagram preparation, data extraction and organization of findings according to international methodological standards.

• Principles of secondary research in nursing and midwifery. Types of literature reviews (narrative, systematic, scoping, umbrella reviews and meta-analysis). International methodological standards and the role of secondary research in evidence-based practice.


• Development of research questions using methodological frameworks (PICO, PCC and related models). Selection of the appropriate review design. Study planning, protocol development and protocol registration according to international standards.


• Development of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Construction of literature search strategies using free-text terms and controlled vocabularies (MeSH, CINAHL Headings, EMTREE). Adaptation of search strategies across different databases.


• Searching major international bibliographic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library). Advanced search techniques, filters, exporting search results and documenting the search process.