Assignment title: “Critical Practice: Improving my area of practice through the

Assignment title:
“Critical Practice: Improving my area of practice through the critical appraisal of research evidence.”
There are four elements of this assignment. You must complete all of them in order to pass. They are:
• Develop two research questions – a qualitative and a quantitative research question – using the PICOT research tool
• Find and critique relevant research evidence
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the research evidence for your area of practice
• Develop an action plan to show how you will use your new knowledge either to inform your decision-making in practice OR evaluate an aspect of service delivery.
You must explain how you use search terms from your PICOT questions to search databases for research evidence.
You are encouraged to use critical analysis tools to critique your research papers.
You must compare and contrast your critique of the papers in a Discussion section and develop an idea for how to improve your area of practice.
You are encouraged to use conceptual tools to evaluate your idea for change.
You must develop a detailed action plan of how you will change your area of practice and are encouraged to use conceptual tools in order to structure this plan.
(All analytical and conceptual tools are fully explained in the learning materials.)