Choose a topic of relevance to your profession that interests you. Create a simple search strategy to locate contemporary literature on your area of enquiry. Run the search in one database that is relevant to your profession. Select two primary research studies from the literature as the focus of your essay.

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This assignment is a critical exploration of research techniques/ methods/ procedures in the context of your professional field of practice. You should:

Choose a topic of relevance to your profession that interests you.  Create a simple search strategy to locate contemporary literature on your area of enquiry.  Run the search in one database that is relevant to your profession.  Select two primary research studies from the literature as the focus of your essay.

Identify the research techniques/ methods/ procedures used in the studies before providing a critical exploration of these in the context of the two papers.  NB. You are NOT expected to complete a critical appraisal of each paper.  Throughout your discussion consider any ethical issues that are relevant to the studies and the clinical nature of the participants.

NB Your essay should include details of all the points mentioned above.  The hyperlinks in the text below take you to useful explanations and/or supplementary information.