Students are required to write one evaluation of the national/professional guidelines. Students will retrieve and submit a practice guideline from professional/national organizations or associations for a medical disease or condition related to the selected topic. Students will critically appraise the guidelines and discuss how this practice guideline benefits the profession by answering the following questions:
Are the recommendations valid?Is there a clear statement of a clinical problem? Consider PIPOH items (patient population, intervention(s), professionals/patients, outcomes to be considered, health care setting)Who was involved in guideline development (i.e., authors, reviewers, patients, readers)?How is the guideline reviewed?What literature are recommendations based on?What recommendations are made?Are useful recommendations presented?How do authors move from evidence to recommendations?Were the results useful for providers to provide quality patient care?Were all outcomes considered (treatment outcomes versus natural course of disease)?Will providers be able to implement these recommendations?