Order Description
Description:
Students must demonstrate an appreciation for the importance of evaluating the quality and usefulness of evidence in answering a real life professional question.
This assessment task provides the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the principles of evidence-based practice covered throughout the subject. By demonstrating understanding of concepts and principles you will have shown an appreciation for the processes and considerations required to evaluate evidence and use it in your practice.
Instruction:
A scenario will be provided. There will be links to two pieces of evidence that relate to the scenario.
1. Students are required to appraise the quality of each article/paper (i.e. type of evidence, location on an evidence hierarchy, level of evidence, strengths and weaknesses).
2. Students are required to identify and justify the article that provides the strongest evidence related to the scenario.
Length and/or format: 1800 words
This 1800 word assignment is to be written and presented in three parts:
Part 1-appraisal paper 1;
Part 2-appraisal paper 2; and
Part 3-justification of strongest evidence related to scenario.
Paper 1:
Reduced emotional stress reactivity to a real-life academic examination stressor in students participating in a 20-week aerobic exercise training: A randomised controlled trial using Ambulatory Assessment
Paper 2:
A Pilot Study Examining the Effects of Kouk Sun Do on University Students with Anxiety Symptoms
The 2 papers above will be uploaded for you under PDF file. Also, I will upload all the scenario, instructions, requirements, marking rubric and all needed documents, such as Evidence Hierarchies. Please go through all of them before starting the essay. Thank you.
