Theme 3: Evidence Based Practice

Question 1

What is evidence based practice>?

Answer 1

Evidence leads to a decision

Question 2

What are different kinds of evidence?

Answer 2

Different kinds of evidence
•Clinical judgement
•Intuition
•Patient, client, or family preference
•Research evidence

Question 3

What is the research process?

Answer 3

Choose a topic > review the literature > formulate the problem > develop the research question > organise the research design > gather the data > analyse the data > interpret the data ? Communicate the findings

Question 4

Where do questions come from?

Answer 4

Where do questions come from?
●Personal experience
●Observation of practice
●Critical appraisal of the literature
●Previous research
●Patient, client, or family feedback
●Complaints
●Intuition
●Group discussion or conversation

Question 5

What makes good questions?

Answer 5

What make a good question?
●Specific - focused
●Feasible – possible to address using research methods
●Necessary – not been done well before
●Relevant – who will benefit and how
●Complex – not too easy or difficult to answer (small steps)

Question 6

What are types of research questions?

Answer 6

●Descriptive or exploratory research questions

●Comparative or predictive research questions

●Relationship-based research questions

●Interpretive research questions