1. 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

2. Overview
Background
Benefits
Future

3. Background

4. Evidence pyramid

5. Musculoskeletal Research Facilitation Group The CAT group

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

8. 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’ ’

9. Critically Appraised Topic (CAT)
Specific clinical question

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

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

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

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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?

18. Keelecatgroup

19. 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)

20. 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

21. 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

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