INDIVIDUAL TOPIC SEARCH STRATEGY (ITSS) GUIDELINES

INDIVIDUAL TOPIC SEARCH STRATEGY (ITSS) GUIDELINES

PURPOSE

· The purpose of this initial paper is to briefly describe your search strategies when identifying an articles that pertain to an evidence-based practice topic of interest.

REQUIREMENTS/PREPARING THE PAPER

· Each student will sign-up for a group to formulate an evidence-based practice topic of interest

(My topic is Interventions to promote social interactions in children with autistic dis spectrum)

· Each group will formulate research question using PICO format.

P: Children with autistic dis

I: Play therapy

C: no therapy, no intervention

O: increase social behaviors

· Each group member will search, retrieve, and receive approval for
1 PRIMARY DATA ARTICLE
to answer the group Research Question.

(I will attach the article for you to use my professor already approved it)

· Paper should include a Title and Reference pages.
· Page Length: 3-4 pages Excluding Title and Reference pages

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PAPER FORMAT

Clinical Question

Research Question- Describe problem
· Accurately and clearly states your research question using PICO format
· P: Children with autistic dis

· I: Play therapy

· C: no therapy, no intervention

· O: increase social behaviors

Overview of the Problem- Overview/Significance of problem in terms of outcomes or statistics
· What statistics document this is a problem? (facts and figures)

Significance of the Problem-

· What statistic document this is a problem?
· What health outcomes result from this problem. Why should people be concerned about this problem?

Purpose of Paper

· Describe the purpose of topic search strategy (ITSS) paper

(The purpose of this paper is to describe search strategies to find evidence supporting our group’s PICO question.)

Search Strategy

Search Terms

· List all terms used to search for your article (i.e. breast cancer, screening, mammography, intervention, assessment, influencing factors….etc.)

(I used autism, social behavior, and therapy)

Library Databases

· List Chamberlain library database used (i.e. EBSCO, Medline, OVID, PubMed….etc.)

· Google search engine is NOT the library database

(I used EBSCO)

Availability of Articles

· How many research articles were available to answer your research question?
· Provide numbers of articles, NOT just saying “plenty, sufficient, many…etc.

Refinement Decisions

· What decision(s) have changed from your original search strategies? (i.e. peer-review, within last 5 years, primary data article, full-text….etc.)
· As you did your search, what decisions did you make in refinement to get your required articles down to a reasonable number for review?
· What was your rationale for your decision to change from original search strategies?

Final Article

· Describe decisions you made to specifically select 1 PRIMARY DATA ARTICLE as relevant for answering your Research Question

Level of Evidence

Addresses Topic/Relevance to PICO

· Describe how article addresses the topic, purpose and key points (i.e. therapy, intervention, prognosis, risk factors, assessments, or meanings….etc)

Evidence Level Pyramid

· Identify and describe the level of evidence based on Evidence Level/Hierarchy Pyramid
· Refers to Handout (Quick Guide to Designs in an Evidence Hierarchy)

Study Type

· Identify study type of article: Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed-Method Study

Format

· Use of headings for each section
· Use of APA format (7th edition)