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Description
Research in Health & Social Care
Summative Assignment Guidelines
Assignment Question/Instructions
Coursework to incorporate:
…a detailed search strategy, a literature review and critical appraisal of the evidence in a clinically relevant topic of the students choosing with appropriate references
Choice of Topic
Choose a topic that is of clinical relevance to you. This could come from something you’ve observed on placement, something you’ve read, something from another module.
Literature search
Apply a strategy to search the evidence in relation to your topic. Outline search terms, and depict your search strategy in the form of a flow chart. Identify a minimum of 8 PRIMARY RESEARCH ARTICLES.
Read, Read, Read!!!!
Read the evidence with a critical mind. Note the strengths and weaknesses of the studies, any bias in the research, and make comparisons. Think about how they guide the direction of future research and future practice.
What to put in the assignment
The Introduction
Introduce the topic/area of interest. Ensure that you outline the evidence in a critical way, and in a way that allows you to highlight any gaps in the research/literature-base. Use a ‘funnel approach’ to make your introduction go from being quite general to quite specific.
Research question
• Rationale for asking this question-why are you asking this? Is there a lack of evidence in the existing literature?
• Introduce how you formulated your question
• You must use PICO/PEO to clearly define your question.
• Aims and objectives of this review
Methodology
• You need to look at the evidence base for your chosen topic. This will require good literature searching skills and a clear account of the search strategy you used.
• A minimum of 8 PRIMARY RESEARCH papers are recommended but there may be more or less depending on your question.
• Outline the search terms used
• Clarify your Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Results of the search strategy
• Use a table to depict the different articles derived from your search. Number them, provide titles, authors and dates. Place in appendices
• Summarise your findings in the main body of your essay e.g. “5 papers derived from the search showed XXXX, but did not show YYYY”
• Conclude this section by tying everything up.
Critical Appraisal – Quality
• Use an appraisal tool to appraise the papers you have selected. Apply a scoring system, and put this information in a table and place in your appendices.
• Mention bias in terms of research methodology for the papers you have selected
Critical Appraisal – Summary and synthesis of the papers
To complete this section effectively, good, coherent Level 7 writing skills are required.
• What are the main points of the literature in relation to your research question?
• Are there any themes coming through?
• Is there a reliance on particular areas?
Conclusion
• Complete the essay with a by drawing together the key ideas that specifically answered your research question
• How well did the obtained evidence answer your question? What did they do particularly well or not particularly well if anything?
• What can we learn from the evidence you have gained?
• Finally what are the implications of your findings for future research and practice.
References
• Please reference according to LSBU Harvard referencing style.
• Reference all sources/articles cited (8 articles minimum)
General Tips
• Make sure you have addressed every element outlined in the assignment instructions.
• Above all make sure you are being critical in a structured and logical way
• DO NOT under any circumstances just answer the questions in the appraisal tools and list them. You should be writing in an essay format
