Assessment 1: Formulating structured research questions
| Assessment type | Discussion post |
| Word limit / length | 500 words plus 200 extra (including citations, references, any tables/figures) |
| Weighting | 10% |
| Due date | 5:00 pm AEST, Monday 9th November |
Overview
In this assessment you will be guided by PERCI Activities 1.1 and 1.2 to:
1. Post on the ‘Sharing Assessment 1 with Peers’ discussion forum
2. Read and give constructive feedback to other students’ discussion posts. This is an important part of the learning for this assessment.
3. Submit your assessment as a word document to Turnitin. The submitted assessment will contain your post from the Discussion forum; you may or may not refine this post prior to submission.
Learning outcomes
This assessment task is aligned to the following unit learning outcome:
· Design relevant structured questions and identify the best evidence for answering those questions.
Assessment details
1. Background (as guided by Activity 1.1). Why this topic is important and define any key terms.
2. PICO/PIO – What is a PICO, why is it used. What is the best format for your research question (PICO or PIO)?
3. Research question that is clearly relevant to the key terms in the background and structured using the PICO or PIO format.
4. Study design – What study design will provide the most useful primary research evidence to answer this question. Outline how the study design would specifically fit your research question.
5. References – include a list of the references cited using APA 6th edition style.
Submission format
Submit the final version of the assessment as a Word file -text files only; please do not upload PDFs or images of any type (i.e. no photos or screen shots). The submission must be made by the due date through the Final Assessment 1 Turnitin portal in Blackboard.
Assessment 1 Marking Rubric
| Grading criteria; include evidence of the following: | HD XXXXXXXXXX) | D XXXXXXXXXX) | C XXXXXXXXXX) | P (5-6.4) | Fail ( |
| Discussion Board: o Forum post submitted by due date o Includes background o Includes PICO o Includes research question o Includes study design | All criteria met and clearly described. | Most criteria met and well described | Criteria relatively met and described | Some criteria met and described | Criteria not met or described |
| Background: o Why this research is important o Key terms defined o Support statements with APA citations | All criteria met and clearly described. | Most criteria met and well described | Criteria relatively met and described. | Some criteria met and described | Criteria not met or described |
| PICO/Research question: o What is PICO? Why is it used? o PICO/PIO for this research o Research question | All criteria met and clearly described. | Most criteria met and well described | Criteria relatively met and described | Some criteria met and described | Criteria not met or described |
| Chosen study design: o Justification for best study design for this research o Explain how the study design will fit the specific research question | All criteria met and clearly described. | Most criteria met and well described | Criteria relatively met and described | Some criteria met and described | Criteria not met or described |
| Presentation and referencing: o Clear, succinct, logical and grammatically correct writing that meets word limits o Relevant, scholarly literature is cited to support statements o Referencing (in-text and list of references) in APA 6th ed. style | All criteria met and clearly described. | Most criteria met and well described | Criteria relatively met and described | Some criteria met and described | Criteria not met or described |