By completing the EBP assignment worksheet there were new tasks that were presented to me. This required developing the skills in order to answer the questions throughout the assignment. A key learning point was where to search for evidence. This involved looking at several databases such as UNSW library, JSTOR and Google scholar. Before this assignment, I was unware of JSTOR and never made use of Google scholar. Other sources such as the Association of Optometrists which provides information and regulation for optometry practices. This assignment provided me with the opportunity to use such area to collect information to be an evidence based practitioner. I have learnt how to gather evidence and create a satisfactory question in terms of PICO, making it specific and easily searchable question. By providing this structure to the question, it was simple to formulate an answerable research question and a testable research hypothesis. PICO also happens to provide tags for search engines providing an effective method to retrieve relevant articles. By utilising limiters or AND/OR within searches, the evidence that were presented are specified to the desired type of article. Therefore, in the future I will be able to create question and find quality …show more content…
The appraising process was the most difficult from this activity but was one of the most important steps in selecting our evidence. Questions in the table such as “Is the aim of the study clear?”, “Were the subjects randomized?” and “Was there a control condition?” etc provided an objective method to evaluate the articles and their research. This allowed me to rank the articles and create a guideline on the types of evidence to take into practice. Appraising assures that the quality of articles I will be using are the highest of quality as the evidence we base our understanding on affects my practice and my customer’s