Guideline Evaluation Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to help the DNP student to work in a team environment and determine the quality of a professional practice guideline. Not all guidelines are created equal and not all are formulated well. The ability to review the quality of a practice guideline is critical in the process of determining quality evidence in which to base policy and practice. In practice, guideline development or revision is done in a group of professionals, so this assignment will be done in groups. You will review a professional clinical guideline and make decisions as per the checklist as a group.
Assignment Instructions:
Obtain an original guideline (Article is in Uploaded Files).
Introduce your guideline and identify the rationale for selection of this guideline related to your clinical practice.
Critique the original guideline using the grading rubric criteria and Rapid Appraisal Questions for Evidenced-Based Guidelines Checklist (RCA) in Appendix B of your textbook to guide you. Critique & address each section in detail in the paper (see #6 below).
Do not use the long questions on The RCA Checklist as paragraph headers (Use APA level I & II headings)
Do not give one sentence answers to each question, provide information as to why you are making the evaluator statement. Professional writing is expected.
Provide rationale for each of your evaluator statements in an APA formatted paper detailing how the process was accomplished or any bias/validity issues. Faculty are evaluating you on substance and detail of your evaluation.
Identify applicability to your patient population.
Suggest ways in which this guideline could be used in your practice setting.
Provide an overall summary of your evaluation.
Using your chosen guideline, place the information into an evaluation table according to the template provided below.
Limit to 10 pages (not including the title page or references)
Evaluation Table: The guideline article you are critiquing should be placed in an evaluation table using the template provided.
Guideline Paper Evaluation Table.docx download
****Make sure that tables are APA formatted
Do not use “Evidence Table” as your table title. The title should reflect what you are presenting in the table. See “General Guidance on Tables and Figures” in your APA textbook.
Additional Information and Resources:
Use the assignment & rubric & Rapid Critical Appraisal checklist to help guide paper composition. Also review Chapter 8: Advancing Optimal Care with Robust Clinical Practice Guidelines.
https://www.agreetrust.org/practice-guidelines/ (Links to an external site.)
AGREE-Guideline Reporting-Checklist-2016.pdf