Assessment task details and instructions
This module will be assessed via a 3,000 word assignment.
Within the assignment you will need to:
Find 4 research articles that relate to the area of interest.
Provide an overview of the research context for your review.
Explain the process of how you found and analysed the articles.
Having read the articles, provide a critique of the articles from a research perspective.
Guidelines for this assignment:
⦁ State the aim of the review.
⦁ Present the context of the literature review with links to occupational therapy and other contexts such as political, social, professional etc. (approximately 350 words).
⦁ Present a methodology section which explains how and where you found the articles (search terms used, databases, hand searches, grey literature). Include details of any inclusion / exclusion criteria, years and number of articles included in the review. Explain clearly the process used to review and critique the literature (approximately 150 words).
⦁ Present a section which critiques the articles in this review. Do not simply describe what happened in a study but provide a critical reading using research texts and articles to support your argument (approximately 2,300 words).
⦁ You are not expected to provide critique for every aspect of each article but you must provide key critical considerations of the chosen articles such as the overall methodology, sample size and strategy, methods of data collection and analysis, issues of rigour / trustworthiness.
⦁ There are different ways in which you can present the critique section. You may for example, want to critique each paper individually or an alternative could be to consider a critical aspect such as sample size, method or data collection and analysis etc. and critique this across the different articles presented.
⦁ Provide an overall summary of your review, any indications for future research and the need for evidence based practice (guidelines 200 words).
