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WorksheetsIntro to the 6S Pyramid
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What kind of questions is the 6S Pyramid most helpful to answer?
Background questions
Foreground questions
Affective questions
Psychomotor questions
This level of the 6S pyramid contains regularly updated clinical guidelines or textbooks that integrate evidence-based information about specific clinical problems
Systems
Summaries
Synopses
Single Studies
This level of the pyramid is contains evidence commonly referred to as a systematic review
Systems
Summaries
Meta-analyses
Syntheses
True or false: Databases (e.g. CINAHL, Evidence-Based Nursing) may contain evidence from more than one level of the pyramid
(a)
When researching using the 6S Pyramid, you should start:
With quantitative studies before moving to qualitative studies
With Google Scholar as this will contain the most recent evidence
From the top, and move down the pyramid until you find your answer
From the bottom, and move up the pyramid until you find your answer
(Select all that apply) Clinical questions such as PICO/PECO and PS questions can be answered using single studies, which are:
The top level of the pyramid
The lowest level of the pyramid
Articles containing recommendations for practice
Original or primary research
This type of search looks for evidence across multiple resources. These tools return information from all levels of the pyramid.
Systems
Meta-searches
Google Scholar
Systematic reviews
This level of the pyramid has resources that summarize the information found in systematic reviews and may include commentary of the clinical relevance of the findings of the review
Synopses of syntheses
Synopses of summaries
Synopses of single studies
Synopses of clinical guidelines
The RNAO Best Practice Guideline Intra-professional collaborative practice among nurses provides and discusses recommendations based on evidence from lower levels of the pyramids. What level of the 6S pyramid would it be found on?
Clinical Guidelines
Systems
Evidence-Based Texts
Summaries
A narrative literature review is a selective review of relevant literature that may give a broad overview of a topic and be comparable to a textbook chapter. How is it different from a systematic review and therefore CANNOT be considered to be on the "Syntheses" level of the pyramid? (Select all that apply)
Hint: A narrative literature review would not be ANYWHERE on the pyramid
Narrative literature reviews do not follow strict, systematic search
Narrative literature reviews do not necessarily have a clear clinical question
Narrative literature reviews may be biased and do not contain all relevant published and unpublished papers.
Studies used in narrative literature reviews are not typically appraised for study quality
A narrative literature review can have just 1 author
