lecture 34 - evidence based practice

Question 1

what are the three aspects of evidence based practice

Answer 1

patient values and choice
clinical expertise
best available evidence

Question 2

what does appraise the evidence mean

Answer 2

don’t accept the results of and RCT just because it was an RCT

Question 3

what are some epidemiological questions

Answer 3

how common is the disease? who os most likely to get it?
- cohort studies of incidence and prevalence
- cross sectional studies of incidence and prevalence

what are the causes of the disease
- cohort studies
- case control studies

Question 4

what are the treatment questions

Answer 4

what is the best treatment? does it cure the disease?
- RCTs

what are the harms of the treatment ?
- common harms may show up in RCTs, rare or long term harms in case control studies