Assessment Task 1 - Literature Review In this assessment task students are required to conduct a review of the current literature using a systematicapproach. There will be several key sections to...

Assessment Task 1 - Literature Review

In this assessment task students are required to conduct a review of the current literature using a systematicapproach. There will be several key sections to this assessment task, including creation of a flow chart that represents how the literature search was conducted including the inclusion / exclusion criteria, the final selected papers (10-12) represented in a table format highlighting the following aspects; author/year/country, methodology, participants, key findings, and a detailed description of the key findings of the selected papers.

Purpose:

To develop and demonstrate skills related to reviewing literature using a systematic approach.

Description:

Students will be required to choose a research topic of interest(Mental health, Infectious disease, or any other interested topics may be chosen) and conduct a review ofthe literature. Students are required to complete a written piece of work with the following headings:

1. 
   
   Introduction or Background:
   
   1-2 paragraphs that introduces the reader to the topic of interest. Older references may be used here to give context to the topic.


2. 
   
   Aim or Purpose:
   
   1-2 sentences that succinctly gives the aim or purpose of the literature review.


3. 
   
   Method:
   
   2-3 paragraphs that includes a summary of the Search Strategy, quality appraisal tool used and a Flow chart of the literature search.


4. 
   
   Results:
   
   Summary Table of Selected literature (10-12 articles), Quality appraisal scores and 1-2 paragraphs summarising the Key findings. This may include the demographics/qualities of the selected articles.


5. 
   
   Discussion:
   
   3-4 paragraphs discussing the findings of the articles and any commonalities or themes identified between them. This could also include any limitations of the review and/or any recommendations for future work in the area.


6. 
   
   Conclusion:
   
   1 short paragraph that summarises the findings of the review.


7. 
   
   Reference list:
   
   Following correct formatting and citations throughout the review.

Word limit:2000 words.Note: Tables, figures and references will not count towards this word count limit.