Wk 10 6640 Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary

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Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination SummaryLearning ObjectivesStudents will:· Develop client termination summariesTo prepare:· For guidance on writing a Client Termination Summary, review pages 693–712 of the Wheeler text in this week’s Learning Resources.· Identify a client who may be ready to complete therapy.The AssignmentWith the client you selected in mind, address the following in a client termination summary (without violating HIPAA regulations):· Identifying information of client (i.e., hypothetical name, age, etc.)· Date initially contacted therapist, date therapy began, duration of therapy, and date therapy will end· Total number of sessions, including number of missed sessions· Termination planned or unplanned· Presenting problem· Major psychosocial issues· Types of services rendered (i.e., individual, couple/family therapy, group therapy, etc.)· Overview of treatment process· Goal status (goals met, partially met, unmet)· Treatment limitations (if any)· Remaining difficulties and/or concerns· Recommendations· Follow-up plan (if indicated)· Instructions for future contact· Signatures

AACN Essentials Self-Assessment and Patient-Centered Care

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PurposeThis week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO 2)CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3)DiscussionDownload theWeek 2 Self-Assessment of the AACN Essentials(Links to an external site.)Follow the directions on the form. Note your total score. Next, review this article:Kramer, M., Schmalenberg, C., Maguire, P., Brewer, B., Burke, R., Chmielewski, L., … Meeks-Sjostrom, D. (2009). Walk the talk: Promoting control of nursing practice and a patient-centered culture. Critical Care Nurse, 29(3), 77–93.https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswsc&AN=000266533800011&site=eds-live&scope=site   (Links to an external site.)After you have completed your self-assessment, answer the following questions:Describe the relationship between the AACN Essentials and your new-found knowledge about Patient Centered Care. Are there opportunities for you to improve?Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values discusses professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct. Review the Professional Integrity Module-Academics and Practice at the beginning of the course (the first module). Then reflect on your own beliefs and values as they relate to professional nursing practice.Discuss implications of professional nursing integrity and academic integrity.

Evidence based Assessment 3 Instructions: PICO(T) Questions and an Evidence-Based Approach

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Create a 3-5-page submission in which you develop a PICO(T) question for a specific care issue and evaluate the evidence you locate, which could help to answer the question.PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation.It stands for:P – Patient/population/problem.I – Intervention.C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).O – Outcome(s).T – Time frame (if time frame is relevant).The end goal of applying PICO(T) is to develop a question that can help guide the search for evidence (Boswell & Cannon, 2015). From this perspective, a PICO(T) question can be a valuable starting point for nurses who are starting to apply an evidence-based model or EBPs. By taking the time to precisely define the areas in which the nurse will be looking for evidence, searches become more efficient and effective. Essentially, by precisely defining the types of evidence within specific areas, the nurse will be more likely to discover relevant and useful evidence during their search.You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health PCI(T) Process activity before you develop the plan proposal. This activity offers an opportunity to practice working through creating a PICO(T) question within the context of an issue at a Vila Health facility. These skills will be necessary to complete Assessment 3 successfully. This is for your own practice and self-assessment and demonstrates your engagement in the course.Demonstration of ProficiencyBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.Competency 3: Apply an evidence-based practice model to address a practice issue.Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.ReferenceBoswell, C., & Cannon, S. (2015). Introduction to nursing research. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.Professional ContextAs a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible for locating and identifying credible and scholarly resources to incorporate the best available evidence for the purposes of enhancing clinical reasoning and judgement skills. When reliable and relevant evidence-based findings are utilized, patients, health care systems, and nursing practice outcomes are positively impacted.PICO(T) is a framework that can help you structure your definition of the issue, potential approach that you are going to use, and your predictions related the issue. Word choice is important in the PICO(T) process because different word choices for similar concepts will lead you toward different existing evidence and research studies that would help inform the development of your initial question.ScenarioFor this assessment, please use an issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Studies presented in the resources and select one of those as the basis for your assessment.InstructionsFor this assessment, select an issue of interest an apply the PICO(T) process to define the question and research it.Your initial goal is to define the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some cases, a time frame is relevant and you should include that as well, when writing a question you can research related to your issue of interest. After you define your question, research it, and organize your initial findings, select the two sources of evidence that seem the most relevant to your question and analyze them in more depth. Specifically, interpret each source’s specific findings and best practices related to your issues, as well explain how the evidence would help you plan and make decisions related to your question.If you need some structure to organize your initial thoughts and research, the PICOT Question and Research Template document (accessible from the “Create PICO(T) Questions” page in the Capella library’s Evidence Based Practice guide) might be helpful.In your submission, make sure you address the following grading criteria:Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach.Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question.Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence.Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:Assessment 3 Example 1 [PDF].Additional RequirementsYour assessment should meet the following requirements:Length of submission: Create a 3–5-page submission focused on defining a research question and interpreting evidence relevant to answering it. A title page is not required but you must include a reference list.Number of references: Cite a minimum of four sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.APA formatting: Format references and citations according to current APA style.Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final capstone course.

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WEEK3

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Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 3: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional EthicsNurse-scholars have a significant obligation to their community as well. Their work must have academic and professional integrity. Their efforts are designed to add to the body of knowledge, advance the profession, and ultimately help in the care of patients. Work that lacks integrity is subject to quickly erode…or worse.Fortunately, there are strategies and tools that can help ensure integrity in academic and professional work. This Assignments asks you to consider these and how you might apply them to your own work.In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous assignment.To Prepare:Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this week in support of academic style, integrity, and scholarly ethics.Also reflect on the connection between academic and professional integrity.The Assignment:Part 3, Section 1: Writing Sample: The Connection Between Academic and Professional IntegrityUsing the Academic and Professional Success Development Template you began in Week 1 and continued working on in Week 2, write a 2- 3-paragraph analysis that includes the following:Clearly and accurately explains in detail the relationship between academic integrity and writing.Clearly and accurately explains in detail the relationship between professional practices and scholarly ethics.Accurately cite at least 2 resources that fully support your arguments, being sure to use proper APA formatting.Use Grammarly and SafeAssign to improve the product.yClearly and accurately describe in detail how Grammarly, SafeAssign, and paraphrasing contributes to academic integrity. Include sufficient evidence that Grammarly and SafeAssign were utilized to improve responses.Part 3, Section 2: Strategies for Maintaining Integrity of WorkExpand on your thoughts from Section 1 by:Clearly identifying and accurately describing strategies you intend to pursue to maintain integrity and ethics of your 1) academic work while a student of the MSN program, and 2) professional work as a nurse throughout your career.Include a clearly developed review of resources and approaches you propose to use as a student and a professional.Note: Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Week 1 Assignment, which was built off the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template.By Day 7Submit both Section 1 and Section 2 of Part 3.Remember to include an introduction paragraph which contains a clear and comprehensive purpose statement which delineates all required criteria, and end the assignment Part with a conclusion paragraph.Submission and Grading InformationTo submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.Click the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.Click the Week 3 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

Assignment: Practicum – Week 1, 2, & 4 Journal Entry and Journal Submission

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Select a client that you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.Explain whether cognitive behavioral therapy would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in the Learning Resources.Rubric:Quality of Work Submitted:The extent of which work meets the assigned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking.–Excellent 27 (67.5%) – 30 (75%)Good 24 (60%) – 26 (65%)Fair 21 (52.5%) – 23 (57.5%)Poor 0 (0%) – 20 (50%)Quality of Work Submitted:The purpose of the paper is clear.–Excellent 5 (12.5%) – 5 (12.5%)Good 4 (10%) – 4 (10%)Fair 3.5 (8.75%) – 3.5 (8.75%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (7.5%)Written Expression and FormattingParagraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly structured and carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.–Excellent 5 (12.5%) – 5 (12.5%)Good 4 (10%) – 4 (10%)Fair 3.5 (8.75%) – 3.5 (8.75%)Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (7.5%)

4- to 5-page project proposal written to the leadership of your healthcare organization, propose a nursing informatics project for your organization that you advocate to improve patient outcomes or patient-care efficiency

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In a 4- to 5-page project proposal written to the leadership of your healthcare organization, propose a nursing informatics project for your organization that you advocate to improve patient outcomes or patient-care efficiency. Your project proposal should include the following:Describe the project you propose.Identify the stakeholders impacted by this project.Explain the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies this project is aimed at improving and explain how this improvement would occur. Be specific and provide examples.Identify the technologies required to implement this project and explain why.Identify the project team (by roles) and explain how you would incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team.By Day 7 of Week 4Submit your completed Project Proposal.Submission and Grading InformationTo submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.Click the Week 4 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.Click the Week 4 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

WEEK5 Assign 6052

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Assignment: Evidence-Based Project, Part 3: Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic ReviewsYour quest to purchase a new car begins with an identification of the factors important to you. As you conduct a search of cars that rate high on those factors, you collect evidence and try to understand the extent of that evidence. A report that suggests a certain make and model of automobile has high mileage is encouraging. But who produced that report? How valid is it? How was the data collected, and what was the sample size?In this Assignment, you will delve deeper into clinical inquiry by closely examining your PICO(T) question. You also begin to analyze the evidence you have collected.To Prepare:Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.Develop a PICO(T) question to address the clinical issue of interest you identified in Module 2 for the Assignment. This PICOT question will remain the same for the entire course.Use the key words from the PICO(T) question you developed and search at least four different databases in the Walden Library. Identify at least four relevant systematic reviews or other filtered high-level evidence, which includes meta-analyses, critically-appraised topics (evidence syntheses), critically-appraised individual articles (article synopses). The evidence will not necessarily address all the elements of your PICO(T) question, so select the most important concepts to search and find the best evidence available.Reflect on the process of creating a PICO(T) question and searching for peer-reviewed research.The Assignment (Evidence-Based Project)Part 3: Advanced Levels of Clinical Inquiry and Systematic ReviewsCreate a 6- to 7-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:Identify and briefly describe your chosen clinical issue of interest.Describe how you developed a PICO(T) question focused on your chosen clinical issue of interest.Identify the four research databases that you used to conduct your search for the peer-reviewed articles you selected.Provide APA citations of the four relevant peer-reviewed articles at the systematic-reviews level related to your research question. If there are no systematic review level articles or meta-analysis on your topic, then use the highest level of evidence peer reviewed article.Describe the levels of evidence in each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, including an explanation of the strengths of using systematic reviews for clinical research. Be specific and provide examples.Learning ResourcesNote: To access this module’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.Required ReadingsMelnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.Chapter 2, “Asking Compelling Clinical Questions” (pp. 33–54)Chapter 3, “Finding Relevant Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions” (pp. 55–92)Davies, K. S. (2011). Formulating the evidence based practice question: A review of the frameworks for LIS professionals. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 6(2), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.18438/B8WS5NNote: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.Library of Congress. (n.d.). Search/browse help – Boolean operators and nesting. Retrieved September 19, 2018, from https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/ui/en_US/htdocs/help/searchBoolean.htmlStillwell, S. B., Fineout-Overholt, E., Melnyk, B. M., & Williamson, K. M. (2010a). Evidence-based practice, step by step: Asking the clinical question: A key step in evidence-based practice. American Journal of Nursing, 110(3), 58–61. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000368959.11129.79Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.Melnyk, B. M., Fineout-Overholt, E., Stillwell, S. B., & Williamson, K. M. (2009). Evidence-based practice: Step by step: Igniting a spirit of inquiry. American Journal of Nursing, 109(11), 49–52. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000363354.53883.58Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.Stillwell, S. B., Fineout-Overholt, E., Melnyk, B. M., & Williamson, K. M. (2010b). Evidence-based practice, step by step: Searching for the evidence. American Journal of Nursing, 110(5), 41–47. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000372071.24134.7eNote: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.Walden University Library. (n.d.-a). Databases A-Z: Nursing. Retrieved September 6, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981Walden University Library. (n.d.-c). Evidence-based practice research: CINAHL search help. Retrieved September 6, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/healthevidence/cinahlsearchhelpWalden University Library. (n.d.-d). Evidence-based practice research: Joanna Briggs Institute search help. Retrieved September 6, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/healthevidence/jbisearchhelpWalden University Library. (n.d.-e). Evidence-based practice research: MEDLINE search help. Retrieved September 6, 2019, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/healthevidence/medlinesearchhelpWalden University Library. (n.d.-h). Quick Answers: How do I find a systematic review article related to health, medicine, or nursing? Retrieved September 6, 2019, from https://academicanswers.waldenu.edu/faq/72670Walden University Library. (n.d.-i). Systematic review. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/healthevidence/types#s-lg-box-1520654Required MediaLaureate Education (Producer). (2018). Searching the Evidence [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.THIS IS THE MODULE 2 TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENTThe PICOT format is used to formulate questions in evidence-based practice. It is a beneficial method as it enables a researcher to identify the most effective and useful resources used in evidence-based practice and healthcare research. P stands for the population or the patient’s problem. In this threshold, one explains who is the patient, their health status, and demographic data. I stand for the interventions that should be performed on the patient. For instance, they may be tests, therapies, or medications. C stands for Comparison. It indicates other alternative plans that the healthcare practitioner may conduct on the patient. O stands for the outcomes that the health practitioner seeks. T stands for the time frame that should be used (Lira & Rocha, 2019).One of the clinical issues that are faced in the US is an opioid overdose. The problem has increased with more reported cases of people dying from opioid overdose daily. It is estimated that more than 130 people die daily from opioid misuse. Therefore, the opioid crisis can be used to formulate a good PICOT question. Over time, self-administered drugs such as naloxone, also known as Narcan, have been developed to curb opioid misuse (Narcan, n.d).In this case, the PICOT question that will be suitable and effective is “Can opioid users who have access to naloxone be compared to those without access to naloxone at the risk of having a fatal opioid overdose?”In searching for peer-reviewed articles and research papers about the topic, some keywords should be used to ease the search. Some of the keywords used in this search include opioid overdose, the use of naloxone to curb opioid effects, the risk of overdosing among opioid users, overdose, emergency department, prevention, and death and opioid misuse. The databases that is used in this search include Ebsco, PubMed, and ProQuest.When I searched how opioid users with access to naloxone and those without access to naloxone compared to the risk of suffering from an opioid overdose, there were 504 results. I narrowed down the research by limiting it only to academic journals, and the results were reduced to 120. I narrowed the research further by only limiting it to the peer-reviewed articles written within the last five years, and the results were reduced to 85.When I searched how naloxone prevents opioid misuse, there were ten results. When the search was narrowed down to only peer-reviewed articles written in the last five years, the results were reduced to 2. When I replaced the word naloxone with Narcan, the results increased to 161, which included peer-reviewed articles written in the last five years. When I searched the term opioid overdose, the results increased further to 8432. However, when I searched for opioid overdose prevention, the search results decreased to 4483.There are some strategies that can be used to increase the rigor and the effectiveness of the database search. According to Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt (2018), one of the factors that contribute to effectiveness in a database search is using the right databases. Some databases have been equipped with peer-reviewed articles in one field. Therefore, it is wise to search in the relevant database. For instance, when searching about healthcare issues, one should search in healthcare databases for better results.Additionally, to come up with effective and rigorous searches, one should search in numerous databases. That gives access to the most relevant searches as different databases may contain different articles. Also, one should use the appropriate vocabulary. That will ensure that the search results are relevant to the topic of interest. Finally, one should combine terms and concepts suing the Boolean operators to ensure that the search results are effective and relevant to the topic of interest.ReferencesLira, R. P. C., & Rocha, E. M. (2019). PICOT: Imprescriptible items in a clinical research question. Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 82(2), 1-1.Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.Narcan. (n.d). Retrieved June 19, 2019, from https://www.narcan.com/

Mini Education Assignment

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(2 copies)After completing the readings, prepare a two page PDF flyer as a patient pamphlet.  Include the topics this week: Screening, health education, exercise and nutrition. Additionally, choose a population of focus: Children, women, men, HIV, etc.  (i also attached samples from two diff people)ExpectationsLength: 2 pagesFormat: PDF flyerEdelman: Chapters 10, 14Edelman, C. L., & Kudzma, E. C.. (2018). Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 9th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, Mosby. ISBN: 978-0-323-416733

Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay

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Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay

The dissertation problem statement emerges from the topic to address what needs the research will fulfill. The problem statement must be supported by literature that upholds the need to explore the problem. In this assignment, you will construct an initial supported problem statement for your intended research topic.

My program is Doctor of Philosophy in General Psychology with an emphasis in Cognition & Instruction.

Dissertation Topic Chosen: Individual Focused Learning for Better Memory Retention Through Experience

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General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure the successful completion of the assignment: Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay

  • Locate the “Dissertation Development Template” in the Topic Resources.
  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA 7th style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
  • Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific guidelines related to doctoral level writing. The Manual contains essential information on manuscript structure and content, clear and concise writing, and academic grammar and usage.
  • This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.

Directions:

Use the Dissertation Development Template to provide an annotated bibliography of ten empirical research articles on your proposed dissertation topic. For each article include a reference and an annotation (150-250 words each) of the key points of the article.

In the second portion of the assignment, you will answer questions regarding the alignment of your topic to your program and defend your selection of articles. Use the template to write a supported problem statement for your proposed dissertation topic. The statement must include a defense of the need to explore the problem and a discussion of the feasibility of the topic (250-500 words).

Template

Individual Focused Learning for Better Memory Retention Through Experience

 

Grand Canyon University

Date

Individual Focused Learning for Better Memory Retention Through Experience

Baker, V. L., & Pifer, M. J. (2011). The role of relationships in the transition from doctor to independent scholar. Studies in Continuing Education, 33(1), 5-17. http://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X. 2010.515569

For this assignment select ten empirical, peer-reviewed research articles that are relevant to your dissertation topic and program of study. Provide a reference and an annotation (150-250 words) that includes important details about the article for each of the sources.

Annotations are descriptive and critical assessments of literature that help researchers evaluate texts and determine relevancy in relation to a research project. Ultimately, it is a note-taking tool that fosters critical thinking and helps you evaluate the source material for possible later use. Instead of reading articles and forgetting what you have read, you have a convenient document full of helpful information. An annotated bibliography can help you see the bigger picture of the literature you are reading. It can help you visualize the overall status of the topic, as well as where your unique question might fit into the field of literature Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay.

Your sources should not be class resources, dissertations, books, reports, conference papers, legal documents, book reviews, editorials, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other sources that are not peer-reviewed.

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in General Psychology with an emphasis in Cognition & Instruction

Research Focus

How does your topic area align with your degree and emphasis area?

Feasibility of Research Problem

It is important for you to select a topic that is viable and a problem that is researchable. Justify the feasibility of your proposed research project. For instance, is this a researchable problem? Is there a need for it? What is your proximity to a data source?

Problem Statement

A problem statement emerges from reading and studying the literature around a topic. Consider these dimensions of the problem you are investigating: what is known, what needs to be known, and what is the significance. To provide context, begin with how the problem has already been investigated. Next, address what has not been examined about the specific issue you want to address. Finally, discuss why this is an important problem that needs to be investigated, that is what is the benefit of studying this specific problem. (100-150 words) Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay

Defense of Article Selection

The selection of the articles you choose to include is essential in developing an understanding of the literature on your topic. For this assignment you should select five empirical articles that are important to your understanding of the problem. Your searches may turn up many articles on the topic and it is imperative for you to discern which articles to include and which to exclude. In this section, defend your selection of your five articles for the annotated bibliography.  Why were these five articles important enough to annotate? What do these add to your understanding of the problem? How do these align with your research focus? Are they current and relevant? (250-500 words) Psy: Cognition & Instruction Dissertation Development Essay