Description of the study (1st paragraph)
Include the design, sample size, and description of the intervention (if there was one).
Include the primary results- the ones pertinent to your PICO question.
Use past tense when describing a research study that has been published.
Use complete sentences.
Maximum length is 200 words.
Strengths and weaknesses of each study (second Paragraph
What were the potential threats to validity?
What controls did the researchers implement to increase the credibility of the study’s findings?
Summary of the Evidence (third paragraph)
Is there adequate evidence to implement into practice, based on types of studies and the findings?
For example, if all the studies were on the same topic and were RCT designs, the evidence would be very strong. If the only studies found were descriptive or correlational studies, the evidence is not adequate to put into practice.