Planning your research and audits

Research and audit projects are a common feature of today's health care in the quest for evidence based practice. There may be a project you, or your team, want to undertake. You might be undertaking a course, be it first degree or at a higher level in which completion of a project is a requirement. This article outlines some of the considerations necessary to translate your ideas for a project into a written proposal. Written proposals are necessary for a variety of reasons including approval to undertake the project from managers, for access to data, ethics committee approval, or those who might be providing grants towards the cost of the project.