An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry HW

Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.
Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest.

You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry

Create a 4- to 5-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:

Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest.
This clinical issue will remain the same for the entire course and will be the basis for the development of your PICOT question
Describe how you searched your chosen clinical issue of interest using keywords.
Identify the four research databases you used to search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
Provide APA citations of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 2: Identifying Research Methodologies

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the research ethics related to your clinical issue of interest.
A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the method used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach.
Be specific.
A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the process was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Matrix Worksheet Template

Use this document to complete Part 2 of the Module 2 Assessment, Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry, and Part 2: Research Methodologies.

Full citation of selected article Article #1 Article #2 Article #3 Article #4

Why you chose this article and how it relates to the clinical issue of interest (include a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical topic of interest)

Brief description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article
Brief description of the research methodology used: Be sure to identify if the method used was qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. Be specific.

A brief description of the strengths of each research methodology used, including reliability and validity of how the process was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.
General Notes/Comments