Assessment 3
PICOT question:
For
physical therapy staff caring for patients with post-surgical arthroplasty(P),
how does the combination of implementation of telehealth plus in-person
services (I) compared to current practice (C) affect the no-show and
cancelation rates (O) over 12 weeks(T)?
Instruction
Complete
an exhaustive review of the literature:
· Describe your search strategy.
· Analyze the evidence and identify the main themes in the
literature.
· Write a coherent, scholarly synthesis of the literature
gathered during your review.
· Present the inferences and conclusions you can draw from
your synthesis.
The following
requirements correspond to scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each
point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how
your work will be assessed.
Describe your literature search strategy.
Be sure to capture refinements you have made to
the search strategy you developed in Assessment 2, based on faculty
feedback and on lessons learned executing your strategy.
Include search terms, medical subject headings
(MeSH), hand searches, the number of pieces found, inclusion and
exclusion criteria, and the number of pieces retained and why.
Consider a search strategy that extends beyond
published studies, which may include systematic reviews, government
publications, and, as applicable, dissertations or thesis reports.
Limit your search to sources published within the
last five years. Older sources should only be included in your literature
synthesis if they are influential or clearly valuable and
professionally relevant to your project.
Analyze the literature addressing your PICOT
question.
Continue to use the Evidence Table [XLSX] Download
Evidence Table [XLSX]to document and analyze your source materials.
Read carefully to make informed selections in
weeding out irrelevant and inferior studies and recognize the best
available evidence that addresses your PICOT question.
Critically evaluate the evidence.
Do not accept articles at face value.
Consider opposing points of view.
Analyze the credibility, quality, and
authenticity of each source using critical appraisal tools.
Identify the main themes in the literature.
This enables you to develop meaningful category
headings to organize the reviewed literature.
Continue to use the Main Themes Table [XLSX] Download
Main Themes Table [XLSX]to document the main themes.
Synthesize the findings from your analysis of the
literature.
Describe the main themes in the literature.
Explain how your sources relate to one another.
Identify commonalities and differences in
research questions, methodologies, and findings.
Consider supporting and opposing points of view.
Explain how your sources build upon one another.
Refer to the annotated Literature Synthesis [PDF] Download
Literature Synthesis [PDF]for an example.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically
coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in
mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing
standards.
Proofread your writing to minimize errors that
could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on the
substance of your writing.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and
references.
