The Musculoskeletal Research Facilitation Group: ‘CAT Group’ Dr Andrew Finney Research Fellow & Lecturer of Nursing on behalf of Kay Stevenson Consultant Physiotherapist, Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow Keelecatgroup

Overview Background Benefits Future

Background

Evidence pyramid

Musculoskeletal Research Facilitation Group The CAT group

Our models Research Facilitation Group Model 1 4 meetings per year ‘Cat in a day’ Model 3 Hub and 5 spokes

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) A CAT is developed from a clinical question which is structured and answerable It provides a summary of the best available evidence Answers the clinical question and provides a ‘clinical bottom line’ ’

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence Appraise the evidence

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence Appraise the evidence Clinical Bottom line

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence Appraise the evidence Clinical Bottom line Consider the implications for practice

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence Appraise the evidence Clinical Bottom line Consider the implications for practice Evaluate and review

Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) Specific clinical question Search for the evidence Appraise the evidence Clinical Bottom line Consider the implications for practice Evaluate and review Change or remove services

Contents of a CAT Question References Clinical bottom line CAT lead Why is this important? Inclusion criteria PICO Results Conclusion References CAT lead Date completed Review date What would you tweet about your CAT?

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Benefits 44 evidence based recommendations: 29 reassured clinicians that no changes to current practice was needed 12 resulted in recommendations for change in practice 3 resulted in future research recommendations which resulted in trials (hand osteoarthritis, shoulder pain, and telephone triage)

Impact Orthopaedic network meeting in Oswestry BSR Award ‘Outstanding Clinical Practice’ Included in SSOTP and Wolverhampton Research Strategy Practice Nurse Group has been established Abstract submitted to World Congress of Physiotherapy

Future Scaling up Spread & adoption Academic support Trust strategies Publish Communicate Patients and public National hub South American Physiotherapy students after undertaking a CAT workshop– IPETH Conference Puebla, Mexico September 2015

kay.stevenson@uhns.nhs.uk a.finney@keele.ac.uk