Systematic Review Appraisal

Critique one article using the appraisal form:

Systematic or Integrative Review

Use the information below to help you know which section of the article to use to answer questions in the template:

Introduction and its subsections have the purpose or WHY the study was done.

• Methods section and its subsections contain HOW the study was done.

Results, Discussion, and Conclusions section will have WHAT was found.

See attached Appraisal Guidance Form

Details

• In week 3 you selected a topic of interest and formulated a question about that topic for your Evidence-Based Practice Assignment.

In week 4 you searched the literature on your week three topic and submitted three articles for approval towards building your Evidence-Based Practice Assignment.

Module 6 readings are a continuation from week 5 that includes chapters 13 and 14 on Appraising Research Evidence and Clinical Practice Guidelines. Please refer to these chapters on how to complete an appraisal using templates provided here in instructions. 

• For the first template in week 6, you will choose either a Qualitative or a Quantitative Review (Please do not complete both Quantitative and Qualitative Appraisal). Your second article is a Systematic Review Appraisal.