Themed discussion post: asking clinical research questions
20%
Instructions
In this assessment, you will be participating in a themed Discussion Board (DB). The DB will
e open for two weeks, and this task is worth 20% of your overall NUR342 grade.
General posting instructions:
• You must address one of the clinical themes below
• The word count for each post is 500 words +/- 10%, with a total of 1000 words for
oth posts
• You should include your own perspective on the topic to develop the idea further
• You should use a minimum of four relevant and cu
ent (less than ten years old)
eferences to support your posts (two for the original and two for the reply)
Please note: Posts submitted after midnight will be subject to a 5% late penalty for each
day not submitted as per the Higher Education Assessment Procedures.
Assessment task
Original post
• Identify a clinical problem in a healthcare setting you are familiar with, e.g.
emergency, rural remote, renal, paediatric etc
• Describe why you have chosen this problem and this setting
• Create a clinical research question which addresses the problem you have identified
in your chosen scenario using the PICO (quantitative) or PICo (qualitative framework)
• Find two articles that are directly related to your research question and identify how
these articles address the problem
Reply post
• Choose an original post that you find interesting to respond to
• Explain to your peer why you have chosen their post
• Provide your own thoughts and ideas on the topic
• Find two different journal articles (not the ones your peer has used) that address
your peer’s research question and explain why these articles are helpful.
Assessment two ru
ic: Themed Discussion Board (2 posts)
Developing Satisfactory Accomplished
Original post
Create an original post
which addresses all
elements of the
assessment task
• No/limited description of clinical problem
and/or healthcare setting
• No/limited rationale for selecting question
• No/inco
ect clinical research question format
• 0-1 or i
elevant/outdated/journal articles
identified
• No/limited description of how articles address
the clinical research problem
Score: 0-3
• Basic description of clinical problem and
healthcare setting
• Basic rationale for selecting topic
• Co
ect clinical research question format
• 2 relevant and cu
ent journal articles
identified
• Basic description of how articles address the
clinical research problem
Score: 4-5
• Detailed description of clinical problem and
healthcare setting
• Detailed rationale for selecting topic
• Co
ect clinical research question format
• 2 relevant and cu
ent journal articles
identified
• Detailed description of how articles address
the clinical research problem
Score: 6-8
Reply post
Create a respectful reply
post which addresses all
elements of the
assessment task
• No/limited reply to peer
• No/limited rationale for selecting peer’s work
• No/limited inclusion of own thoughts/opinions
on topic
• 0-1 or i
elevant/outdated/journal articles
identified
• No/limited description of how articles address
peer’s clinical research question
Score: 0-3
• Basic reply to peer
• Basic rationale for selecting peer’s work
• Inclusion of own thoughts/opinions on topic
• 2 relevant and cu
ent journal articles
identified
• Basic description of how articles address
peer’s clinical research question
Score: 4-5
• Detailed reply to peer
• Detailed rationale for selecting peer’s work
• Inclusion of own thoughts/opinions on topic
• 2 relevant and cu
ent journal articles
identified
• Detailed description of how articles address
peer’s clinical research question
Score: 6-8
Presentation and
eferencing
Create two clear and
logical posts with
adherence to CDU APA 7th
eferencing
• Frequent Grammar / syntax, spelling e
ors.
• Frequent referencing e
ors (CDU APA 7th)
Score: 0-1
• Infrequent Grammar / syntax, spelling e
ors.
• Infrequent referencing e
ors (CDU APA 7th)
Score: 1-2
• No Grammar / syntax, spelling e
ors.
• No referencing e
ors (CDU APA 7th)
Score:3-4