PGC5101 · Evidence based practice

Overview

This unit will provide you with theoretical information on evidence-based practice (EBP) as well as the skills to incorporate evidence-based medicine into your clinical practice. The unit follows an established framework for application of EBP in practice: Ask, Acquire, Appraise/Assess, Apply, Evaluate. Skill development under this framework will include: formulation of clinical questions, searching the literature for best evidence, evaluating the evidence, and applying the evidence in patient care. Prescribed text Guyatt G, Rennie D, eds. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. Essentials of evidence-based clinical practice (3rd Edition) McGraw-Hill Professional, 2015.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Develop clinical questions which can be answered using literature evidence.
2. Prepare and execute an appropriate search strategy (of relevant electronic databases and resources) to find evidence to answer clinical questions.
3. Evaluate the validity and relevance of literature evidence when answering clinical questions.
4. Interpret and synthesise the evidence to provide an answer to the clinical question posed.
5. Effectively communicate evidence based findings to peers and relevant health professionals to support clinical decisions.
6. Demonstrate attributes of a life-long learner by reflecting on gaps in knowledge and skills relating to the practice of EBP.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average 10-12 hours of learning activities per week, including teacher directed learning, independent study and reading time, participation in online discussions, research and preparation for assignments.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.