Evidence-Based Practice Workbook
Bridging the Gap Between Health Care Research and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 4. February 2009
208 pages
978-0-470-76605-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Evidence-based Practice Workbook is an ideal tool foruse by GPs, medical specialists and other healthcare professionalsto learn the concepts of evidence-based practice (EBP). Practicaland interactive, this workbook provides simple methods to helphealth professionals find and use the best evidence to answerclinical questions, developing their skills in:
* * asking clinical questions
* searching for answers
* discriminating good from poor information and research
* using the answers to make clinical decisions.
This attractive, colour workbook provides a clear explanation ofEBP skills and concepts. Written by internationally respectedauthors, this expanded and updated edition has been developed fromevidence-based practice workshops run by the Centre forEvidence-Based Medicine at the University of Queensland and Oxford,and contains information and exercises to help health professionalslearn how to use EBP in their clinical practice.
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Bridging the Gap Between Health Care Research and Practice
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Persons
Paul Glasziou is Director of the Centre for Evidence Based MedicineUniversity of Oxford and editor of the journal Evidence BasedMedicine (BMJ Publishing Group)
Chris Del Mar is Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences andMedicine, Bond University and Associate Editor of Evidence BasedMedicine
Janet Salisbury is Director of Biotext and responsible for thebook's high quality design
Content
Introduction to this workbook.
How to use this workbook.
Part 1: Introduction to evidence-based practice.
What is evidence-based practice?.
Some evidence-based cases.
Part 2: The steps in evidence-based practice.
EBP Step 1: Formulate an answerable question.
EBP Step 2: Track down the best evidence.
EBP Step 3: Critically appraise the evidence.
EBP Step 4: Apply the evidence.
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Part 3: Further critical appraisal exercises.
Critical appraisal of studies for a prognosis question.
Critical appraisal of studies for a diagnostic test accuracyquestion.
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Part 4: Reflections and further information.
How am I doing? Diary of a reflective practitioner.
Useful sources of evidence.
Further reading.
Glossary.
Answers to quizzes and appraisals
