PDU Standard 3
Research
Click here for Edge Hill University 'Practice Development Unit' accreditation standards.
Click here for the Standard 3 (Nov -2011) Action Plan
3.1 Reference material and documentation is accessible and available within the unit.
Click here to access the joint ENT UK BAOMS Cancer Consensus Guideline.
The 6th annual head and neck cancer audit report by the NHS Information centre in conjunction with the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists can be accessed by clicking here. This annual report looks at how all head and neck units perform with regard to referral, MDT planning and treatment etc.
NICE produced a document in 2004 - subsequently updated in 2010 called - ' Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers' The manual.
Linked to this is the NICE document looking at the research base for 'Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers:
'Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers' The research evidence.
3.2 Staff are encouraged to undertake research training and development.
Members of the Head and Neck PDU who have completed the research module on their degree programme have donated their work to the PDU for all staff to access.
Click here for CH's Degree Research Module assignment.
The Head and Neck PDU has a monthly Lunchtime Seminar programme which is available to all staff. These seminars often include presentations on specific research projects. Click here for the Lunchtime Seminars Web-page.
Click here for the Lunchtime Seminar Evaluation Report 2011
Click here for the Lunchtime Seminar Evaluation Report 2012
A dissemination of research information by multi-professional staff from the Head and Neck PDU was at the national BAOMS / ENT UK conference in September 2011. This programme included Physiotherapists, Nurse practitioners and Consultant surgeons from Aintree discussing their research work to a national audience. Click here to see the programme.
Another opportunity for Aintree staff to undertake research development is at the annual 'Aintree Head and Neck Oncology Group' (AHNOG) meeting - where yearly service audits are presented as well as a large number of presentations on current head and neck research taking place in within the unit as well as its academic links.
Click here for the 'AHNOG' programme from 2011
The Head and Neck Practice Development Unit in conjunction with Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts Research and Development Department is involved in a wide range of clinical trials and national studies. Click here for a PDU Newsletter on Head and Neck Clinical Trials.
The website also has information about what clinical trials are and current trials in the portfolio. Click here for the Clinical Trials Web-page
Another example of disseminating research information to Multi-professional staff was the Patient Concerns Inventory Workshop held on the 3rd November 2011-Click here for the programme.
Small scale projects involving novice practitioners include:
(i) Cophenylcaine use in nasendoscope project. This project is looking at the litereture as well as clinician evidence on the usage of cophenylcaine use in nasendoscopy. The project personnel is made up of Nursing staff, Pharmacy staff, Clinic Staff, Surgical staff and Multi-professionals. Click here for minutes from an early planning meeting.
(ii) A research project by a Tissue Viability Nurse at Aintree included participation by a range of multi-professionals including - infection control staff, Academic staff from Salford and Edge Hill as well as Surgical staff and crucially nursing staff from the Head and Neck Practice Development Unit at Aintree. Click here to see the article.
(iii) A research project led by Senior Physiotherapist Barry Scott and involving senior research personnel on the subject of trismus in patients following surgery for head and neck cancer was published in the British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in February 2010 - Click here to read the article.
3.3 Individual and collaborative research projects are in progress within the unit.
(a)
(i)The Audiology team have been developing a research project with Head and Neck Surgical staff on the effects of chemotherapy on hearing loss. Click here for planning information on the project.
Click here for a Research Protocol for the project
Click here for a Patient Consent Form for the project
(ii)The Head and Neck Practice Development Unit is heavily involved in Oncology Clinical Trials and National Studies. This involvement includes the development and sponsoring of national trials / studies and being a centre for other nationally generated studies.
The Head and Neck PDU has staff members who are linked to Academic Institutions and national bodies such as Cancer Research UK to work on the development of these trials as well as a designated clinical trials team in Aintree's Research and Development department. Clinical Trials also involves a large number of staff from the Head and Neck PDU:
* Clerical Staff - Data Officers * Secretarial Staff * Clinic Nurses * Radiological Staff
* Surgical Staff * Oncology Staff * Nursing staff * Clinical Nurse Specialists
* Anaesthetic staff. All working together in the screening, recruitment and maintenece of patients through the clinical trials protocols.
Click here for the clinical trials team's presentation on its recruitment figures at last years 'Aintree Head and Neck Oncology Group' (AHNOG) meeting.
Click here for the Clinical Trials Newsletter.
Click here for the Clinical Trials web-page.
Click here for HOPON clinical trial information on the Liverpool Cancer Trials website
Click here for TITAN clinical trial information on the Liverpool Cancer Trials website.
Click here for Realistic clinical trial information on the Liverpool Cancer Trials website.
(iii) The Head and Neck PDU has a large number of Research Articles published. The Head and Neck website has a searchable database for anyone to access articles that have been generated by the unit.
Click here for the searchable database.
Click here for Collaborative Research Article - 'Outcome following pharyngolaryngectomy reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh (ALT) freeflap
3.4 Completed local research reports, individual and collaborative, are available within the unit.
(i) The Head and Neck Practice Development Unit has a large research portfolio. Access to this research activity is through (1) the research page on the web-site:
http://www.headandneckcancer.co.uk/Research.aspx
(2)The searchable article database:
http://www.headandneckcancer.co.uk/For+professionals/Publications.aspx
3.5 Staff demonstrate an awareness of up to date evidence/research pertinent to their practice.
Academic Hot Topics Page.
This page is being developed to provide staff access to ready made article searches as well as a weekly 'Hot Topic' to be discussed by staff at localised meetings. This project is being developed as a H&N collaborative where different members of staff chose a topic each week for inclusion (with comments).
http://www.headandneckcancer.co.uk/For+professionals/PDU/Hot+Topics+in+Head+and+Neck.aspx
3.6 Research findings are disseminated in the unit and within the Trust.
(i) The Lunchtime Seminars provide a platform for professionals to speak to Aintree staff about current research being carried out in the unit and where the research is going.
1. March 23rd 2012 HPV The changing face of Head & Neck Cancer - Mr A. Schache (Research Training Fellow)
2. March 18th 2011 Microvascular Flap Monitoring and Audit - Mr M. Ho (MFU SPReg)
3. November 25th 2011 Patient Concerns Inventory - Professor S. Rogers (MFU Consultant)
4. July 16th 2010 Honey Research Results - Mrs V. Robson (Tissue Viabilty Nurse)
5. Feb 18th 2011 Head and Neck Oncology Clinical Trials - Head & Neck Oncology Clinical Trials Team.
3.7 Research findings are disseminated within the National and International health and social care arena.
(i) The 2011 BAOMS / ENT UK national conference included research presentations by Mr Richard Shaw, Professor Terry Jones and senior physiotherapist Mr Barry Scott. Click here to see the programme:
Click here for Barry Scott's presentation on the Patient Concerns Inventory.
(ii)The programme for the 2010 Quality of Life Conference organised by the Head and Neck Practice Development Unit includes a presentation by H&N PDU Speech and Language Therapist: Annette Zuydam on:
A longitudinal study of swallowing function following surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. Click here to access the programme from the conference
(iii)The 2nd One Day Translational Symposium in Head & Neck Oncology
The Emerging Role of HPV-16 in Head and Neck Cancer was organised by the Head and Neck PDU alongside the University of Liverpool and CRUK and held on the 19th November 2010. Click here to see the programme.
(iv) Paul Banks, Charlotte Halpin and Dominic Macareavey from the Patient Research Forum presented a seminar to Students from Edge Hill University on the subject of Research into Practice in March 2012. Click here to see the presentation.
3.8 Articles prepared and submitted to professional journals whilst the unit is working towards PDU accreditation.
(a) The website has a searchable database for articles generated by the Head and Neck Practice Development Unit and published in academic journals. Click here for the database web-page:
(a) Academic Hot Topics Page.
This page is being developed to provide staff access to ready made article searches as well as a weekly 'Hot Topic' to be discussed by staff at localised meetings. This project is being developed as a H&N collaborative where different members of staff chose a topic each week for inclusion (with comments).