Conduct a brief background scan to get a firm understanding of the context, clinical practice and health implications of the topic, what tests or treatments are available, the terms and language used to describe the topic, and affected individuals or populations
Discussion Board #1: Problem and Research Question For this initial DB post, I will extend the initial post deadline to Friday end-of-day since folks are just now getting into their groups. However, begin your initial group discussions concerning your topics ASAP so that by Sunday end-of-day, groups will have a clearer understanding of their refined SLR topics. A few tips to consider as the group begins to suggest and refine their topic, problem, and PICO for a SLR are listed below. SLR Topic Refinement Tips The SLR topic of interest should be: Answerable Adopt the PICO framework for the research question: P: Patient, problem or population I: Intervention (a cause, prognostic factor, treatment, etc) C: Comparison, control or comparator O: Outcomes Appropriate: Addressing gaps in evidence, presence of conflicting evidence or new perspectives worth exploring that might have risen from advancement in methods and may add additional value to existing body of knowledge in that problem. Feasible: Sufficient evidence is available to review Novel: No obsolete intervention to be included in protocol Relevant: SLR should hold particular impact in your domain Not be Duplicative of other SLRs: No repetition of SLR: Unless significant new data added to the topic Have Potential Impact: Of a new research view of the topic Group members are also strongly encouraged to: 1. Share schedules, contact information, share expertise, etc. 2. Conduct a brief background scan to get a firm understanding of the context, clinical practice and health implications of the topic, what tests or treatments are available, the terms and language used to describe the topic, and affected individuals or populations. 3. Access suggested data bases sources for your initial search such as Pub/Med, CINAHL, Google Scholar 4. Seek assistance of the USM librarian as is necessary, library information/contact under getting started/student resources. 5. The background information will inform whether the scope of the topic and problem is clinically appropriate and relevant, which will inform development of the preliminary PICO for the topic, which guides the remainder of the SLR development. 6. Review a few SLRs examples in the Reading and Viewing Folder.
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