PBH91001 Appraising Evidence

Overview
In this assignment you will be guided by Activities 1.1 and 1.2 to:
1. Post on the Blackboard Assignment 1 Discussion forum about: • your information need, • writing a structured question, and a suitable study design; then,
2. Submit your assignment as a word document to Turnitin. The submitted assignment will  contain your posts from the Discussion forum; you may or may not refine these posts prior  to submission.
Learning outcomes
This assessment task is aligned to the following Unit learning outcome:
Design relevant structured questions and identify the best evidence for answering those questions.
Assessment details
Use the Week 1 content, associated readings, Activities 1.1 and 1.2 and the rubric (over page) as guidance.
1. Write your assignment in a scholarly manner as a discussion directed at your peers, including:
a. Your information need (as guided by Activity 1.1). Give enough information so other people can understand i) the topic, and ii) why you have chosen this topic. Include reference to literature where necessary.
b. An answerable question that is clearly relevant to your information need and is structured using the PICO format (or variant: PI/PIO/PO/PICOT/PECO).
c. Your specification of how the question fits the format – for example, state which  part of your question refers to the ‘P’ part of the format etc.
d. The study design you believe will provide the most useful evidence to answer this  question
e. A brief justification for your choice of study design: outline how the study design suits the question and include at least one scholarly citation (e.g. relevant  textbooks or refereed journal articles)
f. Reference/s – include a list of the references cited using APA 6th edition style.

2. Post on the “Sharing Assignment 1 with peers…” Blackboard discussion forum by the due  date.
a. Post using a new thread, use your topic to name your thread.
b. You might like to read and give constructive feedback to other students’ posts.