Literature Review

Before developing a new drug, pharmaceutical companies research products that are currently on the market. In their research process, corporations may ask questions such as, "What are current health needs, and how could a new drug address these needs differently than drugs that are currently available?" or "What new innovations can counteract certain diseases?" Before fully refining the focus of any research, individuals should attempt to determine the current state of affairs in their area of interest.

One of the most common ways to accomplish this is to conduct a literature review. A literature review allows one to take a "snapshot" of the established knowledge in a particular area. Using this snapshot, researchers can determine the merit of their research questions and how they may need to modify their research goals. For this part of your Evaluation Project, you create a Literature Review Summary Table and synthesize the current state of research surrounding the PICO question you developed.

To prepare:

Review the Week 6 Learning Resources on procedures for conducting a literature review.

Using your approved PICO question and relevant search terms, locate a minimum of five full-text research articles to use in your literature review (Articles must be scholarly and peer-reviewed and no older than 5 years old) See Attached PDF files

Read through the articles carefully. Eliminate studies that are not appropriate, and add others to your list as needed. Although you may include more, you are expected to include a minimum of five appropriate articles.

To complete Part 3 of the Evaluation Project:

1) Complete a Literature Review Protocol Summary Table using the template in this week's Learning Resources. (See attached PDF file below)

2) Write a 1-page literature review that synthesizes the findings in the literature related to the question you developed.

3) Explain how the literature demonstrates the significance of your PICO question topic. My PICO question is: Does implementing a new unified acute and ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) system within the hospital, compared to when they are not used improve the quality of healthcare for the patients through documentation?

4) Describe original conclusions that you derived from the evidence you gathered. Support your synthesis and conclusions using evidence from the literature.

P.S. Include an introduction and a summary. The introduction must end with a purpose statement (e.g. "the purpose of this paper is ...) Cite at least 3 references from the list below in addition of all references from the Literature Table.

Required Readings

Aveyard, H. (2007). Doing a literature review in health and social care: A practical guide. McGraw-Hill International [UK] Limited.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Chapter 4, "How Do I Search for Literature?" (p. 57-74)

This chapter highlights strategies for conducting a systematic search of the literature. It stresses the importance of developing criteria for identifying literature that may help answer a research question.

Chapter 5, "How Do I Critically Appraise the Literature?" (pp. 75-123)

In this selection, the focus is on how to appraise the literature you locate. The chapter includes suggestions for determining the validity of research by identifying such things as sample size, the appropriateness of the sample selected, how the data were collected, and how they were analyzed.

Rozas, L. W., & Klein, W. C. (2010). The value and purpose of the traditional qualitative literature review. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 7(5), 387-399.

Scutt, D. (2008). How to review literature. Radiologic Technology, 79(4), 306-308.

Barker, J. (n.d.). Basic search tips and advanced Boolean explained. Retrieved from

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Boolean.pdf

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. (n.d.). Evidence-based clinical practice resources. Retrieved from Tags:

http://guides.library.yale.edu/content.php?pid=9786&sid=73113

Library of Congress Online Catalog. (2008). Boolean searching. Retrieved from

http://catalog.loc.gov/help/boolean.htm

Indiana State University Library Guides. (n.d.). Literature reviews: Database search strategies. Retrieved from

http://libguides.indstate.edu/content.php?pid=118904&sid=1065428

In this resource, the most common types of database searches are highlighted. This selection includes topics such as nesting searches, phrase searches, and the use of synonyms of key words in the search.

Walden University (2013). Searching & retrieving materials in the databases. Retrieved from

http://libraryguides.waldenu.edu/content.php?pid=162865&sid=1375878

You will use this document to complete your literature review for your Evaluation Project.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.d). Literature reviews. Retrieved from

https://class.waldenu.edu

This video supplies a broad overview of literature reviews. In the video, Dr. Michael Quinn discusses the importance of literature reviews and how they integrate with evidence-based practice.