Assignment: Rapid Appraisal Tools
Assignment: Rapid Appraisal Tools
Assignment: Rapid Appraisal Tools
Week 3 assignment 2 Evidence Based Project Proposal This week you will begin the submission of Part 2 of the project proposal written in APA format. In a one-page APA paper, write a narrative that describes your search of the literature for evidence, which includes: List of the names of the databases you searched If limited to a span of time, i.e., less than 5 years old Using the appropriate Rapid Clinical Appraisal Tools, appraise one or two articles and add the information to your Evaluation Table to receive feedback from faculty. At this juncture, your table is a work in progress. You will complete it in Week 4. You will also turn in the Evaluation Table with two studies appraised (see below) and the Search Tracker for feedback on your search strategies. After receiving feedback from faculty, add what you have completed this week to Part 1 to begin to build your project proposal paper. Keep this in mind when completing this assignment, using a professional writing style in your narrative
Critical appraisal is the systematic evaluation of clinical research papers in order to establish:
- Does this study address a ?
- Did the study use valid methods to address this question?
- Are the valid results of this study important?
- Are these valid, important results applicable to my patient or population?
If the answer to any of these questions is “no”, you can save yourself the trouble of reading the rest of it.
This section contains useful tools and downloads for the critical appraisal of different types of medical evidence. Example appraisal sheets are provided together with several helpful examples.
