401383 Evidence in Health - Assessment 2

Assessment 2: Evidence Selection Assignment

There are three sections:

1. PICO and search strategy
2. Evidence Criteria
3. Evidence Justification

Your work will be based on ONE scenario from the selection provided. From the scenario you are required to formulate an evidence question, PICO terms and an advanced search strategy. From your search results you will select three articles that would be considered best available evidence to answer your evidence question and present a justification for one of these articles. Further details of the assignment are provided below.

Section 1: PICO and search strategy

From your chosen scenario, you are required to:

1. Write a PICO evidence question.
2. Identify the PICO comonents that will inform your search strategy including keywords and synonyms
3. Perform an advanced search in CINAHL on the P and I components of your PICO
4. Present a screenshot, or copy, of your search strategy from CINAHL

Section 2: Evidence criteria

Select THREE articles that represent best available evidence and identify the evidence selection criteria of the articles in the provided template. Criteria include type, level, recency, and relevance of evidence. Provide reference and abstract for each paper (see template).

Section 3: Evidence justification

Select ONE article of the three that might represent best available evidence for answering the evidence question. In 100 words, justify your choice of this ONE by considering the strengths and limitations based on the evidence selection criteria.