Discuss the contribution of evidence to your practice area or area of interest
Note: All assignments need to be in the format of an academic paper, this includes a title page, introduction, conclusion and correct referencing (Harvard) and page numbers. You should check for correct spelling, grammar and sentence structure.
This assignment requires students to show their understanding of evidence and research and link this to any development in their practice area or area of interest.
You will need to refer to relevant journal articles some obtained from the search in Assignment 1
Steps for this assignment—students should (HINT: REFER to Lectures notes):
1 Identify an area of health care within your work place or area of interest.
2 State why it is important or of interest for you.
3 Choose articles (5 )—these can be a mixture of research, evidence, quantitative and/or qualitative information.
4 Indicate what type of article it is and what level of evidence (if applicable) according to a framework of level of evidence such as the NHMRC.
5 Discuss the research evidence ranking, relevance and quality of each article with respect to the evidence or research in relation to your area of practice or interest including limitations if any.
6 Conclusion: The paper ends with a cogent, defensible argument which summarizes the main arguments in the paper and NOTE: no new material is to be added in the Conclusion.
7 Correct referencing using a Harvard’s style of referencing.