Evidence, knowledge and data
What it is
We can help you gather and make better use of information, knowledge and evidence in your practice.
Why you might need it
There is an appetite to improve knowledge sharing, use evidence of all types in decision making, and to embed this in practice.
You might need support in accessing, identifying and applying evidence to decisions around frontline practice, service design, development and delivery. You might need help in identifying or filling gaps in knowledge and evidence. You might need support around evidence literacy, evidence-informed decisions, and to enhance skills and build confidence in using knowledge and evidence in practice. This can be useful in a number of areas including funding bids, policy, practice, guidelines, and learning and training.
How Iriss can help
- Accessibility: We can help make knowledge, research and evidence easier to understand, whether you’re interested in impact, success, good practice, or trends.
- Bespoke products: Our team can produce scoping reviews of evidence, literature searches, summaries of topics, lists of key resources and reading, all tailored to your needs. These would provide a rapid map of key concepts underpinning a research topic and the main sources and types of evidence available.
- Support your growth: Providing advice and support to build your confidence and skills around the hows and whys of knowledge and evidence, how to find and use information, evidence and research to inform practice, service improvement and learning.
- Knowledge and understanding: We can provide you with basic understanding of information retrieval, evidence searching and summarising, using a variety of sources, and techniques for synthesising and evaluating evidence.