Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the most common characteristic of a nonevidence based practitioner
Arrogance
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative research
Qual - objective truth can be revealed
Quan - understanding lived experiences
Describe an experimental design
Randomizable
Experimental and control groups
Describe a quasi-experimrntal design
Non randomizable
look at two groups with different characteristics and compare
Describe a case report
report of results from one case
Useful for new treatments
Describe cross sectional and longitudinal
Cross sectional - moment in time
Longitudinal - change over time
Describe a case control
Take 2 groups and examine their histories to identify predictive information
Describe a case series
Fills in the gap with research
What is the difference between research theory and research evidence
Theory - why something should work
Evidence - why something works
What are the pillars of EIP
Best research evidence
Clinical expertise
Patient values
What are the components of APTA 2020 vision statement
Autonomous practice Direct Access DPT EIP Practitioner of choice Professionalism
What is the 5 step process if EIP
Ask Acquire Appraise Apply Assess
Describe PICO
Patient population
Interested Intervention
Comparison intervention
Outcomes
What is the hierarchy of evidence
N=1 RCT Systematic reviews of RCT's Multiple RCT RCT Systematic review of studies below Observational cohort or case control studies, large case series Case reports, small case series Expert opinion
What is a concept
mental image of phenomenon in words
What is a construct
non observable abstraction, like patient satisfaction
What is a theory
An organized set of relationships among concepts or constructs that is proposed to describe and explain systematically a phenomenon of interest
What is a hypothesis and a null hypothesis
Hypothesis - claims of outcome of a study
Null hypothesis - claim of no correlation conclusion