SEARCHING DATABASES
TO PREPARE:
(1) IDENTIFY A CLINICAL ISSUE OF INTEREST THAT CAN FORM THE BASIS OF A CLINICAL INQUIRY.
(2)REVIEW THE MATERIALS OFFERING GUIDANCE ON USING DATABASES, PERFORMING KEYWORD SEARCHES, AND DEVELOPING PICO(T) QUESTIONS PROVIDED.
(3) BASED ON THE CLINICAL ISSUE OF INTEREST AND USING KEYWORDS RELATED TO THE CLINICAL ISSUE OF INTEREST, SEARCH AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT DATABASES IN THE WALDEN LIBRARY TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST FOUR RELEVANT PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES RELATED TO YOUR CLINICAL ISSUES OF INTEREST. YOU SHOULD NOT BE USING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, SELECT ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES.
(4) REVIEW THE RESOURCES FOR GUIDANCE AND DEVELOP A PICO(T) QUESTION OF INTEREST TO YOU FOR FURTHER STUDY. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT INTERVENTION-TYPE PICOT QUESTIONS BE DEVELOPED AS THESE SEEM TO WORK BEST FOR THIS COURSE.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS ARE:
(A) POST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR CLINICAL ISSUE OF INTEREST. THIS CLINICAL ISSUE WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE AND WILL BE THE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR PICOT OPTION.
(B) DESCRIBE YOUR SEARCH RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF ARTICLES RETURNED ON ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND HOW THIS CHANGED AS YOU ADDED SEARCH TERMS USING YOUR BOOLEAN OPERATORS.
(C) FINALLY, EXPLAIN STRATEGIES YOU MIGHT MAKE TO INCREASE THE RIGOR AND EFFECTIVENESS OF A DATABASE SEARCH ON YOUR PICO(T) QUESTION. BE SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES.
ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTIONS CLEARLY AND CONCISELY WITH NO GRAMMAR OR SPELLING ERROR TO THE CURRENT APA MANUAL STYLE AND RULES. GIVE THREE REFERENCES.
(D) RESPOND TO AT LEAST TWO OF YOUR CLASSMATES AND PROVIDE FURTHER SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THEIR DATABASE SEARCH MIGHT BE IMPROVED. PROVIDE TWO REFERENCES EACH FOR THE TWO CLASSMATE RESPONSES.
