Quiz 1

Question 1

Which if the following is NOT considered a main pillar of EBP?

a) the best research practice
b) clinical expertise
c) knowledge provided by senior colleagues
d) practice context
e) patients value and needs

Answer 1

c) knowledge provided by senior colleagues

Question 2

TRUE/FALSE = The final step of the EBP process involves asking yourself self-reflection questions about how well you performed the other steps in the process.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

if you make sure always to practice following clinical guidelines, this is the same as performing EBP

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In which step of the EBP process are a health professionals clinical expertise and reasoning skills most valuable?

a) apply
b) appraise
c) access
d) audit

Answer 4

a) Apply

Question 5

where could you go to find checklists to help critically appraise different types of quantitative research studies?

a) CONSORT
b) QARI
c) EQUATOR
d) CASP

Answer 5

d) CASP

Question 6

Which question could you ask yourself to evaluate how well you performed Step 2 of the EBP process?

a) am in efficient at critically appraising evidence?
b) am I using the hierarchies of evidence to guide my search for the types of studies that are needed to answer my question?
c) can I explain what the evidence means to my patients?
d) Am I proactively monitoring newly emerging evidence in the field?

Answer 6

b) am I using the hierarchies of evidence to guide my search for the types of studies that are needed to answer my question?

Question 7

A patient asks you how quickly they can expect to have full range of motion after knee surgery. In order to answer this question using EBP, you need to turn this information into a question about:

a) prognosis
b) diagnosis
c) intervention
d) patients experiences and concerns

Answer 7

a) prognosis

Question 8

Assessing the internal validity of a study is primarily concerned with:

a) it’s generisability to your own practice
b) whether its results were statistically significant
c) whether or not it was methodologically sound
d) it’s clinical impact

Answer 8

c) whether or not it was methodologically sound

Question 9

Which for the following provides the correct order from the highest to lowest, for the hierarchy of evidence in regards to a question about intervention effectiveness?

a) systematic review, RCT, pseudo-RCT
b) pseudo-RCT, RCT, systematic review
c) systematic review, RCT, prospective cohort study
d) RCT, pseudo-RCT, interrupted time-series

Answer 9

a) systematic review, RCT, pseudo-RCT

Question 10

The “C” in PICO stands for:

a) confounder
b) chance
c) comparison
d) control

Answer 10

c) comparison

Question 11

Consider the following clinical question: ‘in children with a common cold, will taking a daily vitamin C supplement reduce duration of a nasal congestion compared with no intervention?’ The “P” from PICO is:

a) children
b) children with a common cold
c) a vitamin C supplement
d) duration of nasal congestion

Answer 11

b) children with a common cold