Layers Of Knowledge & Study Design (Modules 2,3,4) Flashcards
Foundational knowledge
Textbooks, lecture material, training guidelines
Revisiting knowledge
Continuing education, checking old texts
Keeping current
Regularly scan table of contents of a few relevant journals
Specific interest
Specialization, practice focus, sport, injury
Original source
Work done by authors
Summary sources
Aggregation of many sources/articles:
1 systematic reviews
2 meta-analysis
3 guidelines + Evidence-based textbooks
4 narrative review
Systematic reviews
Specific treatment questions
All available articles/studies
Critical appraisal of included articles
Meta-analysis
Specific treatment question
Critical appraisal of included articles
provides combined stats
Guidelines + Evidence based textbooks
Answers broad scope of questions
All available articles/studies
Critical appraisal
Narrative review
Answer range of questions on treatment, condition, or both
not all articles/studies
no critical appraisal
Simple summary of findings
Importance of original article
Much is lost in translation(think of game telephone)
How useful is a source?
Quality- is it well done?
Relevance - will it matter to my patients?
Effort - time it takes to read/interpret
The 6 A’s
1 Analyze
2 Ask
3 Acquire
4 Appraise
5 Apply
6 Assess
The 6 A’s: #1
Analyze - look at practice/procedure, etc.
The 6 A’s: #2
Ask - formulate question (PICO)
The 6 A’s: #3
Acquire - find studies
The 6 A’s: #4
Appraise - evaluate studies: quality, relevance, effort
The 6 A’s: #5
Apply - put into practice
The 6 A’s: #6
Asses - how did it work?