Identify, discuss the use, and evaluate a clinical guideline in your specialty area. The topic for your guideline has been assigned however you may select any guideline developed for your assigned topic.
Pay close attention to the prompts, in particular “If you were going to revise this clinical practice guideline, what would you change? What evidence would you use to base your changes on?”- If you do not identify a proposed change to the guideline, you will have great difficulty in completing all aspects of the assignment.
Once you have analyzed and identified a change that you would recommend, you must show evidence that supports how the change would be valuable. Once you have identified, recommended and supported with evidence the guideline change, you must further discuss implementation of that change and how the effectiveness of the change can be monitored.
Make sure to include 3-4 bulleted learning points as directed in the assignment instructions. These are quick takeaway points that you want to ensure a reader has learned regarding your proposal. They must be bulleted and in their own section.
The formatting for this paper should follow APA 7 guidelines for a standard research paper. There needs to be an introduction and conclusion and appropriate headers. In regards to headers, please pay close attention to the assignment directions regarding the use of the prompts as headers. “You can opt to use the prompts or a version of the prompt for headers, but do not copy the prompts directly into your paper.”
I will not require and abstract for this paper. You may do one if you like, but I will not require one and it will not count toward the required number of pages.
Please be careful with using citation generators and programs such as Grammarly and PERRLA to format your references. These programs often make mistakes and are not always APA 7 compliant. Make sure you check formatting prior to submission of your paper.
I am including as an attachment an APA tips guide for research papers that you may find helpful when finalizing your Benchmark assignment due in week 7.
When grading your benchmark assignments I will be using a template with the assignment prompts. You will receive feedback on each prompt as to whether you have completed or not completed the required elements. I am attaching my template for you to review. I would recommend reviewing your paper against it, or against the assignment directions (as they are the same), to ensure you have included all elements.
One final tip! Please remember to clearly state the name of the guideline you are reviewing. For example:
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care and Endocrinology Clinical Settings.
As there are multiple guidelines for many conditions, and you should only be reviewing one, this allows me to pull the guideline to review along with your paper. Please follow this clinical guidelines : Wolraich, M. L., Hagan, J. F., Jr, Allan, C., et al; SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVE DISORDER (2019). Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics, 144(4).
