Making decisions informed by evidence means that healthcare can be provided responsibly, collaboratively, effectively, and sustainably. Evidence-Based Practice Across the Health Professions is designed to guide and support students and clinicians to learn how to make evidence-informed decisions.
This book will help you learn how to decide what clinical questions to ask, search for research evidence to answer them, and analyse the evidence to decide if the results are believable, important, and applicable. You will learn how to talk with patients about evidence and make collaborative decisions and how to approach evidence implementation at an individual and organisational level.
Written by international and discipline leaders in evidence-based practice across a range of health professions, the fourth edition has been fully updated in line with the latest developments in this field from around the world.
1. 1. Introduction to evidence-based practice - p. 1 2. 2. Information needs, asking questions, and some basics of research studies - p. 14 3. 3. Finding the evidence - p. 34 4. 4. Evidence about effects of interventions - p. 49 5. 5. Questions about the effects of interventions - p. 77 6. 6. Evidence about diagnosis - p. 109 7. 7. Questions about diagnosis - p. 129 8. 8. Evidence about prognosis - p. 154 9. 9. Questions about prognosis - p. 166 10. 10. Understanding evidence from qualitative research - p. 187 11. 11. Understanding evidence from qualitative research - p. 206 12. References - p. 252 13. 12. Appraising and interpreting systematic reviews - p. 253 14. 13. Clinical practice guidelines - p. 281 15. 14. Shared decision making - p. 293 16. 15. Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice - p. 317 17. 16. Implementing evidence and closing research–practice gaps - p. 328 18. 17. Embedding evidence-based practice into routine clinical care - p. 343 19. Index - p. 357
Making decisions informed by evidence means that healthcare can be provided responsibly, collaboratively, effectively, and sustainably. Evidence-Based Practice Across the Health Professions is designed to guide and support students and clinicians to learn how to make evidence-informed decisions.
This book will help you learn how to decide what clinical questions to ask, search for research evidence to answer them, and analyse the evidence to decide if the results are believable, important, and applicable. You will learn how to talk with patients about evidence and make collaborative decisions and how to approach evidence implementation at an individual and organisational level.
Written by international and discipline leaders in evidence-based practice across a range of health professions, the fourth edition has been fully updated in line with the latest developments in this field from around the world.
1. 1. Introduction to evidence-based practice - p. 1 2. 2. Information needs, asking questions, and some basics of research studies - p. 14 3. 3. Finding the evidence - p. 34 4. 4. Evidence about effects of interventions - p. 49 5. 5. Questions about the effects of interventions - p. 77 6. 6. Evidence about diagnosis - p. 109 7. 7. Questions about diagnosis - p. 129 8. 8. Evidence about prognosis - p. 154 9. 9. Questions about prognosis - p. 166 10. 10. Understanding evidence from qualitative research - p. 187 11. 11. Understanding evidence from qualitative research - p. 206 12. References - p. 252 13. 12. Appraising and interpreting systematic reviews - p. 253 14. 13. Clinical practice guidelines - p. 281 15. 14. Shared decision making - p. 293 16. 15. Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice - p. 317 17. 16. Implementing evidence and closing research–practice gaps - p. 328 18. 17. Embedding evidence-based practice into routine clinical care - p. 343 19. Index - p. 357
