Description

Evidence Based Practice in the News

The purpose of this assignment is for you to assess meaningful data for effective evaluation of child life services, and to demonstrate the process for engaging in evidence-based practice. (CLC3a; CLC2a)

Chose an area of interest related to Child Life

Pain Management

Ethics

Professional Development

Cultural Awareness

Children with Special Needs

Child Abuse and Neglect

Mental Illness

Chronic Illness

Emergency Management

Hospital/Homebound

Determine a potential Child Life clinical practice problem.

Using the PICOT format, create a research question that is population specific, identifies a specific practice or intervention, compares this specific practice or intervention with another, states what the practice or intervention will affect, and designates a time period in which the affect will take place. "In hospitals (patient population), how does having a pet therapy program (intervention) compared with not having a pet therapy program(comparison) affect the documented pain levels (outcome) during a three-month period (time)."

Search for the best evidence available and determine the strength of the evidence using the CRAP test.

Complete a critical analysis of the evidence and develop recommendations for practice changes.

Disseminate (share) your research question, literature findings, and recommendations for practice changes in a News Report through a medium of your choice.

 PowerPoint Presentation is my choice

Grading rubric is as follows, need references. 

Step

Possible grade

Student grade

Step 1: Choose a topic related to Child Life and determine potential child life clinical practice problem

5

Step 2: Using the PICOT format, create a research question that is population specific, identifies a specific practice or intervention, compares this specific practice or intervention with another, states what the practice or intervention will affect, and designates a time period in which the affect will take place.

15

Step 3: Search for the best evidence available and determine the strength of the evidence using the CRAP test.

30

Step 4: Complete a critical analysis of the evidence and develop recommendations for practice changes.

30

Step 5: Disseminate (share) your research question, literature findings, and recommendations for practice changes in a News Report through a medium of your choice.