1. Facilitating access to ACP and AD evidence in palliative care
Tieman JJ, Rawlings D Flinders University
ACPEL May 2013

2. Outline Palliative care CareSearch Research evidence and practice
Advance Care Planning/Advance Directives

3. Palliative care Cure is not the goal of care
Physical, psychosocial, care planning elements
Referral based, co-morbidity, multidisciplinary
Patient and family as unit of care
Care provided in many settings
Many health professionals
Often a family carer

4. About CareSearch Palliative care resource Audience
Evidence based, quality processes
Online
Free to use, open access
Funded by DoHA
Audience
Health professional
Patients, carers, families

5. The expanding evidence base
Evidence and guidance is growing.
75 trials & 11 systematic reviews being published every day [Bastian et al, 2010]
How do individuals, services and systems know about, find, select what is important and ensure its use?
e.g. Family caregiver psychosocial and bereavement support guidelines; COMPAC Guidelines; EAPC Pain systematic reviews/guidelines

7. CareSearch and ACP/AD? Content theme running across the website
Specific resources contextualised for audiences and needs
Engagement and partnerships
Representation from core agencies (eg RCP, PCA)
Cross promotion and integration

8. Clinical and Evidence Resources

9. Filter-based Searching: Easy as ABC

10. In Hubs

11. Patient, carer, community resources

12. 2012 Page views by resource Clinical Practice Pages: 10,173
Patients and Families: ,828
RAC Hub: ,054
Nurses Hub: ,369
GP Hub: ,429
Finding Evidence DBs: ,823

13. Other Activities Research Focus promotions
CareSearch PhD student with AD focus in online environment
Working with project teams and research groups
Focus promotions
Nurse Hub Case Study (May 2013)
My Learning module (Late 2013)

14. Conclusion Facilitating access to the evidence by:
Consolidating and synthesising evidence
One-click searching in PubMed
Supporting knowledge transfer by:
Contextualising for audience
Encouraging use by:
Partnering with relevant agencies
Incorporating as part of different settings and activities
Promoting and disseminating

15. CareSearch would like to thank the many people who contribute their time and expertise to the project including members of the National Advisory Group and the Knowledge Network Management Group.
CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.