Objective: Appraise and critique the extant literature to solve your PICOT question that is related to an intervention or practice change.
Goal: Review and critique a limited set of studies related to an intervention as specified by your PICOT question.
Learning activities: For this assignment, search the literature for research related to your clinical problem and the specific PICOT question as you have refined it. Your question may have changed, and it might be different than when it was initially posted on Blackboard.
Locate the most relevant studies for your PICOT question that have been published in the past 10 years.
Limit your review of the literature to approximately 7 most relevant studies (it is not necessary to include more than 10 studies in your review of the literature).
You will have citations for other sources, depending on what you read and write, in addition to the studies.
You will need to include a table of evidence in your paper, as it is a particularly good way to compare studies so that you can write the synthesis portion of the assignment.
A table of evidence template is at the end of this guide.
Write a critical review of the literature that concludes with a comprehensive summary that synthesizes the pertinent literature.
