Assignment: Evidence Based Project
Part I: An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry
Create a 4 to 5 slides PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
1. Identify and briefly describe your chosen 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 question
2. Describe how you used keywords to search on your chosen clinical issue of interest.
3. Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Part II: Identifying Research Methodologies
After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:
1. A brief (1 paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
2. A brief (1 to 2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
3. A brief (1 to 2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
4. A brief (1 to 2 paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.