Chapter 1
Evidence-Based Practice: Why Do Practitioners Need to Understand
Research?
SAMPLE READINESS ASSURANCE QUESTIONS
1. The evidence in evidence-based practice includes information from the client/family.
a. True
b. False
2. Which of the following is a component in the evidence-based decision-making process?
a. External evidence
b. Practitioner experience
c. Client’s situation and values
d. All of the above
3. Evidence-based practice is best described by which of the following?
a. Practitioners conducting research to answer clinical questions
b. Applying research evidence within the context of practitioner experience and client values
c. Making clinical decisions based on expediency and routine
d. Using research evidence without including practitioner and client experience to make clinical
decisions
4. Among the endorsers of evidence-based practice are the professional organizations that
promote the rehabilitation professions.
a. True
b. False
5. Which of the following actions is NOT consistent with evidence-based practice?
a. The ability to justify your practice based on an accumulation of evidence from multiple
sources
b. Use of clinical experience to determine how to apply the research evidence to your practice
c. Collaboration with the client to make decisions about whether to utilize an intervention that
is supported by research evidence
d. Justification of a clinical practice based on the culture and habits of an institution
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, 6. If you consistently have good outcomes with a particular intervention approach, there is little
reason to examine the research evidence related to this approach.
a. True
b. False
7. Evidence-based practice requires that practitioners avoid any approach that is not backed by
research.
a. True
b. False
8. The external evidence component of evidence-based practice typically provides which type
of information about an intervention?
a. How to apply the evidence in your particular situation
b. Whether or not an intervention is effective in a controlled context
c. How the intervention relates to the client’s situation and values
d. Whether an intervention is more effective than emerging practices
9. Practitioners can usually find research to answer all of their clinical questions if they just
look hard enough.
a. True
b. False
10. A study examining the reliability of a motor function measure would answer what type of
question?
a. Efficacy
b. Descriptive
c. Relational
d. Assessment
e. Qualitative
11. Which of the following is the best example of a PICO question?
a. What is the best treatment for post traumatic stress disorder?
b. For individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder, is exposure therapy more effective than
cognitive behavioral therapy for reducing anxiety symptoms?
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Evidence-Based Practice: Why Do Practitioners Need to Understand
Research?
SAMPLE READINESS ASSURANCE QUESTIONS
1. The evidence in evidence-based practice includes information from the client/family.
a. True
b. False
2. Which of the following is a component in the evidence-based decision-making process?
a. External evidence
b. Practitioner experience
c. Client’s situation and values
d. All of the above
3. Evidence-based practice is best described by which of the following?
a. Practitioners conducting research to answer clinical questions
b. Applying research evidence within the context of practitioner experience and client values
c. Making clinical decisions based on expediency and routine
d. Using research evidence without including practitioner and client experience to make clinical
decisions
4. Among the endorsers of evidence-based practice are the professional organizations that
promote the rehabilitation professions.
a. True
b. False
5. Which of the following actions is NOT consistent with evidence-based practice?
a. The ability to justify your practice based on an accumulation of evidence from multiple
sources
b. Use of clinical experience to determine how to apply the research evidence to your practice
c. Collaboration with the client to make decisions about whether to utilize an intervention that
is supported by research evidence
d. Justification of a clinical practice based on the culture and habits of an institution
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, 6. If you consistently have good outcomes with a particular intervention approach, there is little
reason to examine the research evidence related to this approach.
a. True
b. False
7. Evidence-based practice requires that practitioners avoid any approach that is not backed by
research.
a. True
b. False
8. The external evidence component of evidence-based practice typically provides which type
of information about an intervention?
a. How to apply the evidence in your particular situation
b. Whether or not an intervention is effective in a controlled context
c. How the intervention relates to the client’s situation and values
d. Whether an intervention is more effective than emerging practices
9. Practitioners can usually find research to answer all of their clinical questions if they just
look hard enough.
a. True
b. False
10. A study examining the reliability of a motor function measure would answer what type of
question?
a. Efficacy
b. Descriptive
c. Relational
d. Assessment
e. Qualitative
11. Which of the following is the best example of a PICO question?
a. What is the best treatment for post traumatic stress disorder?
b. For individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder, is exposure therapy more effective than
cognitive behavioral therapy for reducing anxiety symptoms?
Copyright © 2017 by F. A. Davis Company
