Utilization of Research & Evidence-Based Practice NUR705-31D Stephanie Pickett, PhD, RN Assistant Professor UNCG

Welcome! This powerpt will provide orientation to the course: Utilization of Research and Evidenced-based Practice Faculty contact information Dr. Pickett Contact me at any time if you have questions or concerns about the course Email best contact: s_picke2@uncg.edu Office hours: by appointment

Orientation Our course is a totally online course, Asynchronous. We won’t meet on campus Dr. Pickett’s Online Folder for student questions: Where: Canvas under Discussions area tab Please post your questions related to course content to my Online Office

Tips for Success (1) Getting Started Major assignments Read the syllabus Review the topical calendar Anticipate the “busy” times now & plan ahead Major assignments APA and Plagiarism training (get this done ASAP) CITI modules (get this ‘done’ ASAP) Critiques (for qualitative & quantitative research articles) Matrix of articles/findings – you will add to this as you progress Weekly Group Assignments Weekly instructions in Canvas under Modules Keep on pace Keep up – don’t get behind Don’t get too far ahead either

Tips for Success (2) Reading Do the required reading Read the content like a novel – try to get the big picture Don’t try to memorize as you go Content Delivery Most content will be delivered on Canvas Supplemental required readings Asynchronous viewing by students Group discussion activities Weekly course instructions will prompt the start of group discussions Each student will participate in group discussions One person in each group will post the group’s answers to class discussion activities

Modules in Canvas Please go to Canvas under Modules area tab to locate weekly assignments. Required readings, content (i.e. articles, web links or PowerPoint presentation) for each week are located under the Modules area tab.

Canvas Where: http://courses.uncg.edu/log-in/ Tutorial and help: For those of you who are not familiar with Canvas, please go to the following link to view instructions for students: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-4121

Assignments and Groups in Canvas Assignments may be submitted by attaching the file under Assignments Please don’t submit your assignments to my email address.

Assignment Due Dates Due date for each assignment will be on the Canvas calendar and Course Calendar You can go to the Assignment tab to download the syllabus, and calendar Need Canvas help: please contact the UNCG Computing Help Desk by phone or by sending e-mail to 6-tech@uncg.edu if you have any technical questions about Canvas.

L Davis_Online Pharm Course_UNCG Small Groups You have been randomly assigned to a group (4-5 students in each group) to complete group assignments Group activities Reach out to your group members to work together to complete the group assignments (see Group Discussion slide).

Group discussion activities Each student is expected to fully participate in the online activities identified for each week. Evaluation measures are used not only to promote and assess learning related to research and evidence based practice, but also to encourage the development of critical thinking and communication. Each student has to post one discussion forum answer and respond to 2 peers’ posts per module. Grades will be based on answering each question thoroughly, providing a thought provoking follow up question and your responses to your peers. Reference your readings to support your answers/responses and NOT just opinions.

Canvas Group discussions https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/225748-how-do-i-view-all-groups-in-a-course-as-a-student Canvas Group discussions https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/l/225748-how-do-i- view-all-groups-in-a-course-as-a-student Where: Go to People area tab, and click Group Discussions and you will find your group members Go to Discussions tab when you are in group to participate in group discussions How to contact group members, go to Inbox located on the upper right corner to send emails Weekly questions for group discussion are posted under modules

Week 1 Readings and Assignments Please go to Modules in Canvas to view assignments. There is no group discussion for week 1 Please go to Discussion tab in Canvas to post an introduction of yourself along with a picture of you. I will be using these introductions to get to know you and your fellow students in class can get to know each other.