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1 ASSESSMENT 3 OVERVIEW – Critical appraisal of evidence For Assessment 3 students are required to demonstrate their ability to reflect on a health scenario and critically appraise the evidence (primary research paper) provided in relation to a health scenario. The scenario is available under the Assessment 3 tile. Students are required to identify strengths and limitations of a research paper at a beginning level. The research paper can be located under the Assessment 3 tile. Finally, students are required to discuss the factors which influence the use of evidence in practice. The critical appraisal of evidence must be supported by a minimum of four (4) references which are valid and varied academic sources (e.g. Greenhalgh et al. 2018; Hoffman et al. 2017). Instructions: Critically appraise the research paper provided in LEO located under the Assessment 3 tile, and read the corresponding health scenario. The research paper should be accessed as a full text and critically appraised using the questions identified in Part A & B, which are based on Greenhalgh et al. (2018). The research paper being critically appraised should be written as a full reference at the beginning of the essay (and included in the reference list). The paper should be referenced in-text according to APA (i.e. author, year) required for direct quotes only. Writing in an essay format (introduction, body, conclusion, reference list) answer the questions in Part A and Part B. Students should refer to the ACU Study Guide: Skills for Success (2017) – available online - to ensure they follow the university’s essay writing and referencing guidelines. Small/short headings may be used. Do not repeat the questions or scenario. Part A Consider the strengths and limitations (critically appraise) the research paper using the following questions. Each paragraph should be supported with a high quality, valid, varied academic reference. This reference is supporting your knowledge and understanding of critical appraisal related to the research paper. Authorship 1. Discuss the strengths and limitations of the: a. Authors’ expertise, based on their cited qualifications and affiliations; b. Possible conflicts of interest or possible grounds for bias in the paper. Research Questions, aim or hypothesis 2. Outline the research study’s question/s, aim or hypothesis and present the author’s justification/s as to why their study was needed. 2 Research Design 3. Discuss the research design and how the authors justified their choice of design for their stated research question. Research Methods 4. Discuss the methods the researchers used for: selecting study participants and for collecting and analysing data? What were the strengths and limitations of the methods used? Results and limitation of the study 5. Discuss whether the results/conclusions of the study answer the research study’s question/s. Describe how the limitations impact the application of the study findings? Part B Application of research evidence into clinical practice considering the given scenario and clinical question. Adoption of research findings is often restricted due to a range of key enablers and barriers. Reflecting on your scenario describe some of the enablers and barriers to the uptake of your papers research findings. Due date: Part A and B are to be submitted on Wednesday 22nd May by 2359 Hours Weighting: 50% Length and/or format: Assessment 3 (Part a & b) should not exceed 1200 words +/-10% (including in-text citations) Purpose: The written assignment is required to provide the students with an opportunity to demonstrate fundamental skills required for sound appraisal of research. These assessments are designed to engage students with content that will build knowledge which, by the conclusion of this programme, will allow the student to graduate as a health care professional who can locate and critically appraise discipline specific literature. Learning outcomes assessed: 3, 4, 5 How to submit: Submission is via the Turnitin Dropbox available in LEO HLSC122 (Campus tile). 3 Return of assignment: Feedback (written, rubric and/or voice comments) will be available in the Turnitin Dropbox in LEO when the final unit grades are released. Assessment criteria: Critical appraisal, knowledge, critical thinking, presentation Please include the word count of your assignment on the front page of your assignment or in a header. Please note that in-text citations are included in the word count whilst the reference list is not included in the word count. Words that are more than 10% over the word count will not be considered. Please see further information in the section below titled ‘Word Count’. WORD COUNT Writing requires skill and being able to write within a specified word limit is an essential component of professional and academic work. Reading and writing critically are fundamental skills which demonstrate an understanding and an ability to make judgements and solve problems, hence why only 10% of a word count should be direct quotes. That is, if the word count is 1500 words only 150 of those words should be direct quotes. Word counts provide students with an indication of the amount of detail and work required for each assessment item. What is included in a word count? Essentially, all text within an assessment item from the introduction through to the conclusion is counted in the word count. This includes all in-text citations, direct quotes and headings. The word count does not include the following: • Title page • Reference list • Appendices • Tables • Figures and legends AVOIDING PLAGIARISM Please note that if you submit your assignment, notice that the similarity index is high but do not have time to revise your assessment task before the due date has passed, then you are advised to: • contact the Lecturer in Charge and request that your assignment be removed. 4 • revise the assignment, submit it within three days of the due date and incur a late submission penalty. • submit it into the regular Dropbox. Do not submit into the extension Dropbox. • Please review the Academic Integrity and Misconduct policy if you choose not to do this. REFERENCING This unit requires you to use the APA referencing system. See the ‘Academic referencing’ page of the Student Portal for more details. https://www.studentportal.acu.edu.au/acuinfo/services-and-support/academic-skills-unit/academic-referencing-skills Case Scenario: Assessment 3 HLSC122 Assessment Task 3 comprises of Part A and Part B. The following information relates to Part B only. Please ensure that you review the Unit Outline to determine what is required to complete Part A. Case Scenario Emily is attending a music festival in Melbourne this weekend. Emily’s mother has many concerns, as she has heard drug testing is being done at this concert. Her mother believes that drug testing at music festivals encourages young people to use illicit drugs at music festivals. Students can locate the above research paper via Leganto found under the tile called HLSC122 Weekly Readings. Once you have opened Leganto please scroll down to Week 10 where this article can be located. The full reference for the article that students are required to critique is below: Day, N., Criss J., Griffiths, B., Gujral, S.K., John-Leader, F., Johnson, J., & Pit, S. (2018). Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: A cross-sectional survey. Harm Reduction Journal, 15(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0205-7 As a future health professional, you are interested in learning if drug testing at music festivals promotes illicit drug use amongst teenagers. For Part B of Assessment 3 students are required to reflect on the above scenario and the findings of the research paper titled ‘Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: a cross sectional survey,’ and describe some of the enablers and barriers to the uptake of this papers research findings. Assessment Task 3 comprises of Part A and Part B. The following information relates to Part B only. Please ensure that you review the Unit Outline to determine what is required to complete Part A. The full reference for the article that students are required to critique is below: Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: a cross-sectional survey RESEARCH Open Access Music festival attendees’ illicit drug use, knowledge and practices regarding drug content and purity: a cross-sectional survey Niamh Day2,4†, Joshua Criss2,4†, Benjamin Griffiths 2,4†, Shireen Kaur Gujral 2,4†, Franklin John-Leader1, Jennifer Johnston3,4 and Sabrina Pit2,3,4* Abstract Background: Drug checking is a harm reduction strategy which allows users to check the content and purity of illicit drugs. Although drug checking has been trialled internationally, with demonstrated value as a harm reduction and health promotion strategy, the use of such services in Australia remains a contentious issue. This study aimed to investigate the proportion and patterns of illicit drug use among young people, their attitudes towards drug checking at festivals and the potential impact of drug checking on intended drug use behaviour. Methods: The survey was conducted at a major Australian music festival in 2016. Data was collected from a sample of festival attendees (n = 642) aged between 18 and 30 years. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed. Results: Nearly three-quarters (73.4%) of participants reported that they had used illicit drugs in the past 12 months, most commonly cannabis (63.9%) and ecstasy (59.8%). A large proportion of participants believed ‘somewhat’ or ‘a lot’ that drug checking services could help users seek help to reduce harm (86.5%) and that drug checking services should be combined with harm reduction advice (84.9%). However, two thirds of the participants agreed ‘somewhat’ or ‘a lot’ that drug sellers may use this service as a quality control mechanism (68.6%). Approximately half (54.4%) indicated they would be highly likely and a third (32.7%) would be somewhat likely to utilise free drug checking services should they be available at music festivals. When asked whether the results of drug checking would influence their drug use behaviour, participants reported that they would not take substances shown