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Overview VT of Matrix Assignment:

This assignment will require you to take the PICO, 5 research articles and place them in a table for analysis. You will critique each article and identify the most important parts of the research, analysis, and findings.

Then you will summarize the articles by grading the research, and identifying gaps in the literature as well as possible interventions (see grading rubric and examples).

This will serve as the foundation for the work you will do in the Project/Practicum courses. As you work with your preceptor and finalize your capstone project, you will continue to build on this material. This assignment will be graded within 3-4 days of due date, with feedback provided once all grading has been completed.

Instructions:

1. Identify your PICO or research question of interest

2. Gather 5 research articles on your topic: be sure to save them and submit them along with the matrix; please make sure they are PDF documents. Do not use clinical guidelines or Cochran Reviews, abstracts, or poster presentations. You can search for research only by indicating "research" when you do an advanced search. If you can't answer a lot of the questions, it is probably not a research article.

3. Review sample matrices and summaries

4. Use matrix table- one for each article and critique the parts of the article using the rubric

5. Be sure to identify the evaluation tool used to grade the evidence such as (See below for grading the evidence tools)

6. Identify where there are issues with the articles and what gaps were not addressed with the research: be prepared this may change the way you look at your topic or may result in a slightly different direction for your area of interest. This is ok- that is what you want to accomplish with this assignment. It will really assist you as you move forward ' with your project.

7. For this assignment you will turn in the matrix tables, summary, references and pelf copies of your 5 articles.

8. Key definitions:

1. Level of evidence: the process used to evaluate the level of evidence of your articles- such as Jones Hopkins, Cincinnati Children's evaluation etc,

2. Evaluation tool: use the method and describe how you arrived at the scoring or knowing that the article included all content it needed to- such as CASP;

Matrix Assignment

Conduct a literature search to identify 5 articles which address your PICO(T) question (articles should be recent-within the last 5 years, and quantitative articles preferred).

Complete the Article Matrix and Analysis document by placing the 5 articles in table format for analysis (1 article per table).

Use one of the critical appraisal tools provided under the Matrix Assignment to evaluate research quality-match the tool to the article type (for example. the CASP checklist for RCT, or systematic You will critique each article and identify the most important parts of the research, analysis, and findings.

After completing the 5 tables and critiquing each article, you will compose a discussion section which will summarize and synthesize the 5 articles. Some points the discussion section should add the level of evidence of all 5 articles, a summary and comparison of the findings from all 5 articles. evaluation of the quality of the articles and instruments used in the research, additional research to be done, any gaps identified care, any health promotion pertinent for area, and analysis and discussion of interventions for populations.

After completing the literature search and review, you may find you need to modify your PICO(T). Address this in the discussion section as well.

Remember to use APA format for this assignment, including a title page. page numbers and headings as per APA 7th edition, reference page, in-text citations as needed, and be sure to paraphrase (not direct copy/paste).