MD7094 Therapeutic Advances in Orthopaedics Assessment 2 Brief 2025 | UoC

Summative Assessment Task and Rationale

Write a critical review covering the current knowledge of the NICE guidelines for managing a particular orthopaedic condition and providing an evaluation of the efficacy of the current management techniques for the orthopaedic condition. This critical evaluation should be focused on current knowledge from primary and secondary sources. The assessment should demonstrate your knowledge of the current guidelines for management, as well as any other common management approaches that can be supported with relevant evidence for use from the literature. It should not be about your own experience or clinical practice.

You will be expected to explain the NICE guidelines for the treatment of the condition, followed by an evaluation of the efficacy of any current treatments if they are in the NICE guidelines or not. If there are broad treatment options for the condition, then it might be relevant to consider the top 3-5 treatments to evaluate in order to be considerate of your wordcount.

Guidance on Submission

Guidance on the Completion of the Assessment Task

Overview

Your literature review should present the UK standards and guidelines for the therapeutic management of a particular disease. It should also evaluate the treatments for managing the same disease using relevant literature (peer-reviewed publications). By the end of the review, the reader should know how the condition is managed in the UK and what evidence supports the therapies for the disease. The condition MUST be primarily orthopaedic. You should avoid writing about gout.

Step-by-step guidance

Step 1. Attend the Module teaching and support sessions for this assessment.

Step 2. Read the assessment brief and marking criteria carefully, noting any key deadlines.

Step 3. Visit the tile ‘Assessment Information and submission 2025’ page. Watch the recordings explaining the marking criteria and the assessment brief.

Step 4. Note any questions you have about the assessment and then email them to e.wilson@chester.ac.uk for clarification. Do not rely on your peers/friends knowing the answer.

Step 5. Think about an orthopaedic condition that you are interested in and then search for and read the relevant guidelines for management of the condition (this may be NICE or other guidelines) and any review articles that explain the current treatments for the condition.

Step 7. Try to find all of the current treatments for the condition to discuss. The evaluation should tell the reader exactly how effective the treatments are for managing the condition with supporting evidence from relevant primary research papers of clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta analyses. Evaluate the efficacy of each treatment using specific information using primary resources or meta-analyses.

Step 8. Prepare the assessment using Microsoft word. Remember you are not permitted to use ChatGPT or any generative AI in your assessment so the formatting should be consistent and should NOT include a contents page.

Step 9. Use a spell and grammar check on your work and draft coach before submission (seek support from the academic skills team if you are unsure how to use these tools) and make any required changes. If you feel you need support with academic writing, please seek support from the academic skills team early on in your assessment planning.

Step 10. Submit your completed assessment before the deadline.