Assignment: Study Scholarly EBP Project

Assignment: Study Scholarly EBP Project

Assignment: Study Scholarly EBP Project

Week 10 assignment 2 Evidence-Based Project Overview/Description: Learners will develop a scholarly project that will demonstrate an application of evidence to practice for a substantive change. This project emphasizes application of evidence-based methodology, scholarly writing, and critical thinking. The scholarly project will be submitted as a written paper in APA format/style. In addition, learners will present a summary of the final project orally and/or with a PowerPoint presentation. Learners will select one of the following projects related to their specific advanced role specialization that addresses a health promotion and disease prevention of a target population: Educational program Evidence-based healthcare policy change Evidence-based clinical issue or protocol Criteria for scholarly EBP project proposal Over the past 11 weeks, students have developed a proposal for an evidence-based project in their area of specialization. This final paper is the culmination of this scholarly activity. All papers must be written using APA format and a professional writing style. The proposal should include the following sections and content. Abstract Part 1 – Introduction – Week 2 Introduction Practice issue Summarize the practice issue in need of change providing background information about the organization (setting) and the perceived significance and severity of the problem Describe the specific aims of the project – what improved outcomes do you hope to achieve PICOT question – State your question in PICOT format, labeling each part with P-I-C-O-T in parentheses Significance – what is the significance of the issue in terms of poor outcomes, cost, etc. Part 2 – Evidence review and synthesis – Week 3, 4, & 5 List the names of the databases you searched and if limited to a span of time, i.e., less than 5 years old Summarize “keeper” studies Summarize the synthesis of the body of evidence Part 3 – Purpose of the project – Week 6 Purpose of the project – include intervention Theoretical framework Clinical questions Part 4 – Methods – Week 7 Study design Setting/sample Confidentiality Procedure/intervention Aligning stakeholders Instruments/scales and measurement of outcomes Data collection Part 5 – Data analysis – Weeks 8 & 9 Outcomes to be analyzed and how they will be analyzed Outcomes expected (hypothesized) Appendices Evaluation Table – turned in Weeks 3 & 4 Synthesis Table – turned in Week 5 Oral and/or PowerPoint Presentation Students will present a summary of their project using Microsoft PowerPoint. The presentation for onground campus students will be done orally in a 20-minute presentation Online campus students will include speaker notes in their PowerPoint slides and will defend their presentation in a discussion board. Criteria: Assemble the presentation to present all required criteria sections of the EBP project. Quality of presentation is professional and provides evidence of graduate level scholarship.