Research Lifecycle Online Learning Objects

Describes developing your clinical question.

Continuation of Clinical Question 1. Discusses refining your question from a background question to a foreground question.

This is part of a self-paced course, via Canvas that is available upon request. Module 2 specifically covers library resources you can use to plan and design your research project (e.g., the identifying methodologies suited to your study and the methods you will need that are appropriate to that research design). If you would like access to this module (or any other part of the course), send your request to tatarver@vcu.edu.

This updated handout, previously published in 2023, serves as a reference for those who are either in an evidence-based practice course or are practicing healthcare providers involved in questioning practices to improve patient care.

This diagram has been used to help nurses and other members of healthcare teams to understand the clinical inquiry process. The "Research" branch of the diagram carefully breaks down planning a research project.