Evidence Based Medicine 2 (DONE)

Question 1

What is a formulary?

Answer 1

A formulary is a list that specifies the medicines and treatments that are approved for use within a particular care setting

Question 2

What are guidelines?

Answer 2

An outline of management
Created by experts in given field
For professionals without specialist knowledge
Drug recommendations
Treatment recommendations
Often allow considerable freedom of choice
Local/national

Question 3

What are protocols?

Answer 3

Specific and definitive
Provide a definite procedure to be followed
Does not allow the freedom of choice
Minimise risk
Standardise performance

Question 4

What is covered by clinical decision making?

Answer 4

EMB
Ethics
Law
Guidelines/protocol
Limitations
DOE's

Question 5

What are patient orientated outcomes (POOs) and disease orientated outcomes (DOOs)?

Answer 5

Two types of evidences:
Patient orientated outcomes- evidences that have a direct tangible effect on a patient group
Disease orientated outcomes- a result that has an effect on the disease itself

Question 6

How are drugs chosen for formularies?

Answer 6

The STEPS acronym gives five simple and valid reasons for consideration when deciding the benefits and harms of one drug over another
Safety
Tolerability
Efficacy
Price
Simplicity

Question 7

What is health technology?

Answer 7

Health technology refers to the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives

Question 8

What is a health technology assessment?

Answer 8

A systematic evaluation of properties, effects, and/or impacts of health technology
Multidisciplinary process to evaluate the social, economic, organizational and ethical issues of a health intervention or health technology
Informs policy decision making