Literature Search, Appraisal, Synthesis, and Dissemination

PICO QUESTION.

Now that you have a PICO question to guide your literature search, you need to identify and search for 2 related articles:

A.1 clinical practice guideline

B. 1 point of care resource.

See the guidelines below.

Objectives:

1. Encourage information literacy by requiring students to search for a clinical practice guideline and a point of care resource article related to their PICO topic of choice.

2. Apply learned critical appraisal skills.

3. Evaluate articles for quality and applicability

4. Synthesize findings

5. Disseminate findings on clinical topic via an interactive discussion board.

1. (Get to know your peers’ and their interests!)

For this assignment, all of these criteria must be met:

1. Methodology: There are many types of research methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, clinical practice guidelines, etc. For the purposes of this assignment, you must have a:

1. Clinical Practice Guideline that contains info related directly to your PICO topic.

1. The guideline may not match your PICO exactly, but the population and topic of interest need to be included.

2. Check this siteLinks to an external site. for a large list of clinical practice guidelines.

2. A point of care resource (UpToDate or DynaMed) that directly addresses the PICO question at hand.

2. Dates: Publication date must be < 5 years old (however–if your topic does not have enough for these parameters then go backwards from there). Always take most recent articles–then go backwards with publication date. If you must go more than 5 years old, contact your faculty member for approval.

1. For your Clinical Practice Guideline, it may have been written more than 5 years previously, but should have been “reaffirmed” within the last 5 years. If you can’t find a guideline less than 5 years old (authored or reaffirmed), please work with your faculty member.

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• Part 1:

o Fill out the attached Worksheet and submit with a PDF copy of each article.

• Part 2:

o Dissemination (described in the literature worksheet.

o Review the rubric for the dissemination

o Create an Infographic using CanvaLinks to an external site.

o Post your dissemination.

 Use this as an opportunity to connect with and learn about your peers and their interests.