Community Services

CHCPOL003 Research and apply evidence to practice describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work. This unit applies to health and community service workers who need to research existing information to support and improve their work practice.

This Learner guide provides a strong foundation for workers to develop their researching and information gathering skills. Divided into four comprehensive topics, learners undertake a step-by-step approach that helps them identify their research objectives, organise information systematically, assess information and finally develop actions to address research outcomes.

The learning content prepares students to undertake and apply research evidence by including:
• A diverse range of realistic workplace examples
• Explanations of the standards that underpin the sector
• Methods for identifying credible sources of data and evidence

The Learner guide features an extensive and stimulating set of practice tasks and learning checkpoints to build comprehension of each topic.