Instructions:

1. Write 1-2 paragraphs about a clinical topic or clinical problem you would like to explore within your field of study. This could be based on a health care situation you have encountered in your work; a question you and your work colleagues have been discussing; a current issue or debate within your field of study; or a practice, procedure, or process you would like to see incorporated into your current work setting. The topic should be one that you know there is current (past 10 years) research on.

2. Discuss why this is important to your job, your organization, or your field of study.

3. Formulate a focused clinical question for the topic or problem using either the PPAARE

or PICO model.

4. List three different search engines and/or databases that you would like to use to

search for evidence.

5. Create a table like the one for the PPAARE/PICO assignment to demonstrate key

words/phrases, alternative words/phrases and excluded words/phrases for your search.