Evidence Based Practice: - A Primer for Health Care Professionals

1. Evidence -based practice. 2. Formulating a question. 3. Finding the evidence: an information skills approach. 4. Introduction to critical appraisal. 5. Randomised controlled trials. 6. Studies assessing diagnostic tests. 7. Case series and reports. 8. Case control studies. 9. Systematic review. 10. Economic evaluation. 11. Qualitative research. 12. Critical appraisal of clinical guidelines. 13. Is this test effective? 14. Is this therapy effective? 15. Is the intervention cost-effective? 16. Context specificity: how was the study performed? 17. Introducing change. 18. Evaluating change. 19. Teaching evidence-based health care. 20. Defeating unknowingness. Index

List of contents

1. Evidence -based practice. 2. Formulating a question. 3. Finding the evidence: an information skills approach. 4. Introduction to critical appraisal. 5. Randomised controlled trials. 6. Studies assessing diagnostic tests. 7. Case series and reports. 8. Case control studies. 9. Systematic review. 10. Economic evaluation. 11. Qualitative research. 12. Critical appraisal of clinical guidelines. 13. Is this test effective? 14. Is this therapy effective? 15. Is the intervention cost-effective? 16. Context specificity: how was the study performed? 17. Introducing change. 18. Evaluating change. 19. Teaching evidence-based health care. 20. Defeating unknowingness. Index

Product details

• Authors: Philip Davies, Martin Dawes
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2004
• EAN: 9780443072994
• ISBN: 978-0-443-07299-4
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Evidence-Based Practice
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Nursing / Management & Leadership, Medical / Nursing