Full Description
The Evidence-based Practice Workbook is an ideal tool for use by GPs, medical specialists and other healthcare professionals to learn the concepts of evidence-based practice (EBP). Practical and interactive, this workbook provides simple methods to help health professionals find and use the best evidence to answer clinical questions, developing their skills in:
asking clinical questions
searching for answers
discriminating good from poor information and research
using the answers to make clinical decisions.
This attractive, colour workbook provides a clear explanation of EBP skills and concepts. Written by internationally respected authors, this expanded and updated edition has been developed from evidence-based practice workshops run by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Queensland and Oxford, and contains information and exercises to help health professionals learn how to use EBP in their clinical practice.
Contents
Note from the authors iv
Acknowledgements iv
Introduction to this workbook v
How to use this workbook vi
Part 1: Introduction to evidence-based practice 1
What is evidence-based practice? 3
Some evidence-based cases 14
Part 2: The steps in evidence-based practice 19
EBP Step 1: Formulate an answerable question 21
EBP Step 2: Track down the best evidence 39
EBP Step 3: Critically appraise the evidence 71
EBP Step 4: Apply the evidence 133
Part 3: Further critical appraisal exercises 141
Critical appraisal of studies for a prognosis question 143
Critical appraisal of studies for a diagnostic test accuracy question 161
Part 4: Reflections and further information 175
How am I doing? Diary of a reflective practitioner 177
Useful sources of evidence 182
Further reading 185
Glossary 186
Answers to quizzes and appraisals 191
Endpiece 198
Index 199
