Week 1

Question 1

What is evidence based practice?

Answer 1

EBP requires the integration of the best research evidence with our clinical expertise and our patient’s unique values and circumstances

Question 2

What are the four aspects of evidence based practice?

Answer 2

• Research evidence
• Clinical expertise
• Patient values, circumstances etc.
• Information from the practice context

Question 3

What are the five elements of EBP?

Answer 3

• Asking
• Accessing
• Appraising
• Applying
• Audit (assessing)

Question 4

What are the two essential components to a “background” question?

Answer 4

1. A question root (what, when, where, who, why, what, how) and a verb
2. A disorder, test, treatment or specific aspect of health care

Question 5

What are the four essential components of a “foreground” question?

Answer 5

PICO

1. Patient and/or problem
2. Intervention (or exposure)
3. Comparison
4. Outcomes

Question 6

What is a database?

Answer 6

A database stores and categorise electronic information

Question 7

Why is evidence based practice important?

Answer 7

1. Ensure patients are provided safest and most effective treatment
2. Ensure high standards and trustworthiness of the allied health professions
3. Ensure ongoing funding of AH services

Question 8

Outline the hierachy of evidence

Answer 8

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Randomised controlled trials with definitive results
• Randomised controlled trials with non-definitive results
• Cohort studies
• Case control studies
• Cross sectional surverys
• Case reports