01 Oct For this second [GRADED] portion of the RCT critical appraisal assignment, you will have a discussion with your peers about your appraisal of the assigned article.
For this second [GRADED] portion of the RCT critical appraisal assignment, you will have a discussion with your peers about your appraisal of the assigned article. Consider this the “Journal Club” portion of the assignment where you engage in a rich discussion about the merits and failures of this article. Really demonstrate your critical thinking. Visit and post in the discussion board several times over the course of the assignment.
**You must post your initial response (copy and paste into the discussion board, not an uploaded file) before you will be able to see and respond to any other postings.
Respond to this prompt following rubric guidelines as posted:
State your overall appraisal of this article (include/exclude/seek further info) and provide a rationale of ~2-3 paragraphs, citing evidence from the article, as to why you think the article is appropriate to include or not in the making of a clinically-based decision.
In your initial posting, refer to at least 2 of the components of the CASP_RCT_Checklist_PDF_Fillable_Form-2.pdf Download CASP_RCT_Checklist_PDF_Fillable_Form-2.pdfcritical appraisal tool that you already completed.
2. Ask 2 follow-up questions to your peers. For example: “The measurement of the outcome variables was confusing to me- how did you interpret the reliability of the measurement?” or “The methods section lacked enough detail for me to be able to replicate this study. What would have helped that?”
The follow-up questions provide you the opportunity to then thoughtfully respond to 2 peers in discussion format.
You must post your initial response to the prompt prior to seeing your peers’ replies. An initial post and follow-up discussion are required. As such, post early in the week and check the discussion board frequently for a lively conversation.
