Putting the EBP Steps Together

In this Signature Assignment, you will prepare a comprehensive EBP treatment plan for a presenting problem based on your PCF for this course. You will create a case scenario and walk through each of the 5 EBP steps you’ve been learning throughout this course to demonstrate your understanding of the EBP process. Specifically, you will:

Present a case scenario aligned with your PCF for this course that is not a case scenario you’ve used in previous weeks.

Ask: Write an answerable question relating to the presenting problem of the case scenario in a who, what, where, when, or why format. Then you will explain the process used to formulate your question. Use references from Week 4 to support and give credit to the process.

1. Acquire: Practice locating research articles that address the issue. Describe what resources and databases you might use to locate various types of articles for the issue. If you use the library resources to find relevant articles, see if you are able to find the same article using resources outside the university library. Were you able to access the article without using the library? Would you have had to pay for the article if you no longer had access to a university library? In your write-up of this section, discuss your process of locating research through the NCU library, outside of the NCU library, keywords used, and anything relevant to this step.
2. Appraise: Select one research study that you found related to the clinical issues and complete an assessment or evaluation of it using the guidelines from your textbook and the critiques from Weeks 6 and 7. Be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Complete this critique section in paragraph format, being clear about which study you selected. Use your critique forms and resources from earlier weeks to guide this process and serve as references.
3. Apply: Explain, in detail, how you would apply the research findings to your work with your presented clients in your case scenario (assuming the study is of quality).  Then, clarify all relevant diversity/contextual relation variables associated with this situation and indicate how they may impact the utility of the evidence you found (e.g., if the study used a European or an American sample, will it apply to your Latina client?).
4. Assess: Identify the specific measures, tools, and procedures you would use to assess the effectiveness of your EBP interventions with these clients. Discuss how you would use them to measure effectiveness, keeping in mind PBE and DEI as well.