Physical and psychological health risk factors : Research Assessment

Research Question:-

The physical and psychological health risk factors in paramedics as a result of shift work and what can be done to reduce the risks.

The following pages describe the process that you will need to employ to complete your research project assignment. The assignment requires you to conduct a comprehensive review on a research question related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. ( it is up to you to decide on the question - you may use the question that you developed in the first research module) The following give you an overview of the steps required:

Step 1 – Define a review topic, objective and sub questions Define your main topic question and then; define 3 or more sub questions that will allow you to answer/speak to the objective/question

Step 2 – Plan your review – eligibility criteria ( inclusion/exclusion) – critical appraisal process- etc)

Step 3 – Conduct your search Using the content from step 1 & 2 – define and execute your search strategy – do not forget to include “grey literature”. -

Step 4 - Screen the results to match your criteria in step 2 Ensure that they meet your criteria (as set in Step 2). Ensure that you have a min of 6 and a max of 12 papers reviewed)

Step 5 - Extract relevant data (note : narrative content is data too) from the studies you have screened and chosen Typically, you will garnish 500 – 1000 words from each of your selected papers

Step 6 – Write it up !!!

The word count: Minimum word count is 6000 words with a 7000 word maximum. The referencing system is Harvard.