Prelims Flashcards
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
Method of decision making and practice
Main Goal of EBP
Optimize the benefits gained from the high-quality data that we have gathered
EBP can be in the transformed into many fields such as?
○ Evidence-based medicine EBM
○ Evidence-based physical therapy EBPT
Method of clinical decision making and PT practice
Evidence-Based Physical Therapy
Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Integrates three important factors
○ Best available scientific research evidence
○ Clinical expertise
○ Patient’s unique values and circumstances
Components of the EBP triad
○ Best available scientific research evidence
○ Clinical expertise
○ Patient’s unique values and circumstances
Main Goal of EBPT
Optimize the benefits gained from therapy and therapeutic interventions
T or F
Characteristic of EBPT in the Philippines are:
● Low research evidence uptake
● Heavy reliance on potentially biased sources
TRUE
T or F
Characteristic of EBPT in the Philippines are:
● Effective professional education for practitioners to address barriers
● Intensive undergraduate education for students to ensure adequate preparation on being effective research evidence consumers
TRUE
Four Main Types of Clinical Research
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Intervention
Prevention
Includes examination and evaluation
Diagnosis
Likely course of a disease
Prognosis
therapy (Type of clinical research)
Intervention
○ Balance between doing good (beneficence) and doing no harm (non-maleficence)
○ Evidence on effectiveness of an intervention
○ A randomized clinical trial
Intervention
Evidence of factors that will aim for prevention of a
condition or prevent the further course of a condition
Prevention - “harm”
T or F
Youtube is a source that is considered a NON-SCIENTIFIC
TRUE
T or F
Meta-analyses is a source that is considered a NON-SCIENTIFIC
FALSE
it is a Scientific source
What is the top 3 strongest Scientific Evidence
- Meta-analyses & Systematic Review
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Cohort Studies
What is the weakest scientific evidence?
- Case reports, Opinion papers, Letters
- Animal trials and invitro studies
- Cross-sectional studies
- Case-control; studies
Assess - again means that you have to?
Evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of your efforts in step 0 through 4 and identify ways to improve them in the future