Week 3

Question 1

What is a literature review?

Answer 1

systematic and critical appraisal of the most important literature on a topic.

Question 2

What does the literature review process include?

Answer 2

• Asking clinical questions
• ID and gathering evidence
• Critically appraising and synthesizing the evidence or literature
• Acting to change practice by using the best available evidence.
• Evaluating the use of research evidence to assess applicability.

Question 3

What is a primary source?

Answer 3

Articles and books by the OG author.

Question 4

What are secondary sources?

Answer 4

published articles and books by persons other than the OG author.

Question 5

What is a peer-reviewed journal?

Answer 5

A panel of internal and external reviewers who review submitted manuscripts for possible publications.

Question 6

What is an online database?

Answer 6

Can be used to find journal sources of research and conceptual articles on a variety of topics. Ex. Psycinfo, Cochrane Library, Medline.

Question 7

What is a boolean operator?

Answer 7

Defines the relationship between words or groups of words in literature research. Like AND, OR, NOT etc.