Briefly describe the search terms, inclusion and exclusion criteria, databases used, numbers of hits and how you arrived at your 3 papers. Use PICO, SPIDER or similar.

Developing Knowledge and Skills for Evidence-Informed Decision Making

Rationale and aims
Outline why you have chosen this subject and the aims of your literature search. Link this to research, policy, guidance, systematic reviews, and/or other forms of authoritative evidence. 200
Literature search strategy
Briefly describe the search terms, inclusion and exclusion criteria, databases used, numbers of hits and how you arrived at your 3 papers. Use PICO, SPIDER or similar. Include a PRISMA diagram as appendix 1 and a summary table as appendix 2. 100
Critical appraisal of body of literature
Critically analyse your chosen papers, concentrating on their strengths and weaknesses, and using an appropriate JBI tools . Briefly detail the papers’ results. Use the usual referencing conventions when citing your chosen papers, do not refer to them as paper 1, paper 2 etc. 1500
Practice focused recommendations
Provide an overall appraisal of the research reviewed highlighting the strength of the evidence and drawing conclusions about the overall results. Where does it fit in a hierarchy of evidence?

What are the implications for practice?
Based on your rationale and body of evidence, relate your recommendations to implementation in clinical practice. This might be a clinical area, or education setting, or your job destination or another area of local/national interest .