EBP107 Evidence-Based Practice Assessment 3 Brief 2025 | TUA

EBP107 Context:

This assessment enables students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate and appraise evidence in healthcare research, an essential component of evidence-based practice and the exercise of clinical judgement in the delivery of quality healthcare.  Students will use a critical appraisal tool and other supporting references to appraise and interpret the sections and methodological quality of a research article including how well the evidence may be applied in evidence-based practice.

Instructions:

Students are required to conduct an evaluation of one journal article in an essay format. The article may be the selected one used in Assessment 2 Article Summary task. Alternatively, you may choose to select an article of your choice from the range of research articles supplied for the previous Assessment 2 assignment.

Essay Format:

The  article  evaluation  must  be  presented  in  an  essay  format,  with  an  introduction,  body  and conclusion.

Introduction:

The  introduction  must  introduce  the  article,  including  proper  referencing  of  the  article,  and  a discussion about why you chose that article to evaluate.

Body:

In the body of your essay you must:

1. Use  the  critical  appraisal  tool  you  have  chosen  to  evaluate  all  the  sections  of  the research study, including the title, abstract and declarations.
2. Throughout the body of your essay you are to refer to the chosen critical appraisal tool and use additional references to support your evaluation. Subheadings may be used.
3.. Provide a referenced definition of Evidence Based Practice (EBP), and a recommendation as to how well the findings from this study may be incorporated into EBP. Give reasons and offer evidence to support your evaluation.

Conclusion:

A brief discussion of the overall quality of the study with reference to the strengths and weaknesses as outlined in the body of the essay.

Word  count:

Please  include  the  word  count  -  excluding  the  reference  list  at  the  end  of  the assessment. Please adhere to the word count, if you exceed 1,500 words (+10%), the excess may not be graded.

Appendix: Include a copy of the completed critical appraisal tool as an appendix.  

Submission Instructions:

Submit via the Assessment 3: Journal Article Evaluation link in the main navigation menu in EBP107  Evidence-Based Practice. The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can be viewed in My Grades.

EBP107 Learning Rubric: Assessment 3 Journal Article Evaluation: using a critical appraisal tool