Critical Appraisal and Impact Statement

Assignment Two Guidelines
Critical Appraisal and Impact Statement
Assessment Item 2: Critical Appraisal and Impact Statement (60% of total mark for this unit) Task description There are two parts to this assessment. You must complete both parts of the assessment.
Part one: Critical appraisal 2,500 words. Based on your research question from assignment one, conduct a critical appraisal of the literature for your selected health care issue. The assignment should include the following:
 Statement of the research question and brief summary of the health issue selected with reference to the literature and your PICO framework;  Search strategy used for finding available evidence (e.g. key words, databases searched, inclusion/exclusion criteria, PRISMA diagram);  A synthesis of at least four studies selected for comparison and critical appraisal of the evidence produced (you may include a table as an appendix to present your results);  An appraisal of the relative strengths and limitations of the evidence on this health issue.  A concluding statement summarising the key findings from your review. Part two: Impact statement 1,000 words. Based on your selected health issue and critical appraisal of the evidence-base, write an impact statement indicating how you would implement the findings from your review of the evidence into practice. You should include how you plan to disseminate findings from your review to health care service users, practitioners and wider community. Your impact statement should also include an account of any limitations to implementation and how you might address these.
Task length
2,500 words (Part one: Critical appraisal) 1,000 words (Part two: Impact statement)
(Assignments more than 10% under or over the word limit will be penalised)
Links to unit’s intended learning outcomes
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Assessment criteria Assessment criteria and marking rubrics are available on the LMS.
Dates and times due End of week 13. Friday 30th October 2015 5pm. Assignment submitted through Turnitin via the LMS.
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Both parts of the assignment should be submitted together as one assignment. You will receive one overall mark for the assignment.
All assignments will be submitted via Turnitin through the LMS site for the unit.
Part one: Critical appraisal (2500 words) – please refer to the marking rubric on the LMS
The first part of this assignment requires you to conduct a critical appraisal of the research literature for your selected health care issue. The assignment should include the following:
 Title – you need to provide a clear and succinct title for your assignment
 Introduction – your introduction should clearly identify the aim and focus of your assignment.
 Statement of the research and summary of the health issue o Statement of the research question and brief summary of the health issue selected with reference to the literature and your PICO framework (assignment one);
 Search strategy – based on your PICO framework, you should identify the search strategy you used to identify the evidence to answer your question – this may have been adapted following your initial search and refined to help you identify the relevant evidence. Your search strategy should include the following: o Statement of key terms used o Databases and other sources searched to find the evidence o Exclusion and inclusion criteria o A PRISMA diagram should be included in an appendix.
 Review and synthesis of the evidence-base – this is the main focus of the assignment o Your critical appraisal should review and synthesise the findings from at least four studies selected for comparison. Your review should include a detailed critical appraisal of the evidence produced from these studies (you may include a table as an appendix to present your results. o Your review should include an appraisal of the relative strengths and limitations of the evidence on this health issue.
 Concluding statement or conclusion – you should write a concluding statement that clearly and succinctly summarises the key findings from your review of the evidence.
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Part two: Impact statement (1000 words) – please to the ‘Developing an Impact Statement’ guidance on the LMS (see week 11 tutorial)
Your impact statement should clearly indicate how you would implement findings from your review of the research literature into health care practice. Your impact statement must include the following components:
 Setting objectives – what are your main impact objectives? For example, to inform particular patient groups, to change or influence an aspect of nursing or allied health practice? To influence policy?  Audience and dissemination techniques– who is your main audience and how will you communicate the evidence-base to them? Consider what strategies or techniques you might use to disseminate research findings into practice – what might be some of the strengths and limitations of your chosen approach?  How will you evaluate impact? How will you know if your impact strategies have been effective? What methods might you use to measure the effectiveness of your impact statement and the degree to which the evidence is taken up in practice?
References – your assignment should include one final comprehensive reference list for both parts of the assignment. References should be used to substantiate points made and all references should be cited according to the APA referencing 6th guidelines.
Marks are allocated to ‘scholarship and written communication’ and ‘referencing and sources’ (refer to marking rubric). Please ensure your assignment is clearly and accurately written.
For the purposes of this assignment, sub-headings may be used.
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