Evidence Based Physical Therapy -
Exam #1 Questions With Correct
Answers Rated A+
Clinical factors in evidence? - correct answer...✔✔unwarranted practice variation
exposure of medical errors
harm resulting from previously accepted theories
expectation that providers demonstrate continued competence over time
Errors in reasoning? - correct answer...✔✔ascertainment bias
confirmation bias
recency effect
representativeness exclusivity
value bias
What are some health care system factors? - correct answer...✔✔increased health
care costs
payment policies based one evidence
evolution of information technologies
development of consumer driven health care
What is APTA's Vision 2020? - correct answer...✔✔autonomous practice
direct access
doctor of physical therapy
evidence-base practice
practitioner of choice
professionalism
What is the patient/client management model? - correct answer...✔✔1. examination
2. evaluation
3. diagnosis
4. prognosis
5. intervention
6. outcomes
What is patient-centered care? - correct answer...✔✔knowledge
understanding
goals
preferences
values
environment
What is the societal context of PT practice? - correct answer...✔✔cultural influences
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,social influences
economic influences
political influences
What is evidence-based medicine? - correct answer...✔✔the conscientious, explicit
and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of
individual patients
What 3 things does EBPT do? - correct answer...✔✔1. open and thoughtful clinical
decision-making about the physical therapy management of a patient/client
2. integrates the best available evidence with clinical judgment and the patient/client's
preferences and values
3. considers the larger social context in which physical therapy services are provided, to
optimize patient/client outcomes and quality of life
Evidence - correct answer...✔✔POTENTIALLY any empirical observation about
patients/clients
PREFERABLY systematic research, sometimes from the basic sciences of medicine,
but especially from patient-centered clinical studies
Clinical Expertise - correct answer...✔✔more effective and efficient patient/client
management based on experience, learning, and reflection about practice
Clinical expertise includes the ability to identify and evaluate the what? - correct
answer...✔✔1. patient's unique health status, diagnosis, and prognosis
2. benefits and risks of potential interventions
3. patient's resources and limitations
Patient/client preferences and values - correct answer...✔✔Unique preferences,
concerns and expectations
EX: "What might happen if I agree to let you perform the intervention?" "What might
happen if I refuse to let you perform the intervention?"
What is essential in dealing with patient/client preferences and values? - correct
answer...✔✔collaboration
What are the focus areas of EBPT? - correct answer...✔✔usefulness of diagnostic
tests and clinical measures
usefulness of prognostic factors
efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of interventions
outcomes of care
usefulness of self-report outcomes measures
Diagnosis - correct answer...✔✔a process that includes integrating and evaluating the
data that are obtained during the PT examination to describe the patient/client condition
AGRADESOLUTIONS
, in terms that will guide the PT in determining the prognosis, plan of care, and
intervention strategies
What are some examples of diagnostic tests? - correct answer...✔✔special tests
radiographs
labs
cardiovascular stress tests
biopsies
surgical exploration
What are some examples of measures? - correct answer...✔✔range of motion
strength
vital signs
wound dimensions
sensation
prognosis - correct answer...✔✔prediction of the natural course of a condition, or its
risk for development; predicted optimal level of improvement through intervention and
the amount of time required to achieve that level
prognostic factor - correct answer...✔✔a characteristic that increases or decreases the
likelihood of an individual's eventual outcome
What are the prognostic factors? - correct answer...✔✔demographic - age, gene,
ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status
disease-specific - severity of disease or injury, acuity or chronicity
co-morbidities - other conditions present that influence outcome
other - insurance coverage, access to health care
What does a favorable (protective) prognostic factor do? - correct answer...✔✔
Increases the likelihood of a positive event; decrease the likelihood of an adverse event
What does an unfavorable (risk factor) prognostic factor do? - correct answer...✔✔
increases the likelihood of an adverse event; decreases the likelihood of a positive
event
Intervention - correct answer...✔✔the purposeful use of various PT procedures and
techniques in collaboration with the patient/client and when appropriate, other health
care providers, in order to effect change in the patient/client's condition
efficacy - correct answer...✔✔biological effect of a treatment; "does it work?"; "is it
safe?"; highly controlled conditions; intervention produces outcome under ideal
conditions
AGRADESOLUTIONS
Exam #1 Questions With Correct
Answers Rated A+
Clinical factors in evidence? - correct answer...✔✔unwarranted practice variation
exposure of medical errors
harm resulting from previously accepted theories
expectation that providers demonstrate continued competence over time
Errors in reasoning? - correct answer...✔✔ascertainment bias
confirmation bias
recency effect
representativeness exclusivity
value bias
What are some health care system factors? - correct answer...✔✔increased health
care costs
payment policies based one evidence
evolution of information technologies
development of consumer driven health care
What is APTA's Vision 2020? - correct answer...✔✔autonomous practice
direct access
doctor of physical therapy
evidence-base practice
practitioner of choice
professionalism
What is the patient/client management model? - correct answer...✔✔1. examination
2. evaluation
3. diagnosis
4. prognosis
5. intervention
6. outcomes
What is patient-centered care? - correct answer...✔✔knowledge
understanding
goals
preferences
values
environment
What is the societal context of PT practice? - correct answer...✔✔cultural influences
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,social influences
economic influences
political influences
What is evidence-based medicine? - correct answer...✔✔the conscientious, explicit
and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of
individual patients
What 3 things does EBPT do? - correct answer...✔✔1. open and thoughtful clinical
decision-making about the physical therapy management of a patient/client
2. integrates the best available evidence with clinical judgment and the patient/client's
preferences and values
3. considers the larger social context in which physical therapy services are provided, to
optimize patient/client outcomes and quality of life
Evidence - correct answer...✔✔POTENTIALLY any empirical observation about
patients/clients
PREFERABLY systematic research, sometimes from the basic sciences of medicine,
but especially from patient-centered clinical studies
Clinical Expertise - correct answer...✔✔more effective and efficient patient/client
management based on experience, learning, and reflection about practice
Clinical expertise includes the ability to identify and evaluate the what? - correct
answer...✔✔1. patient's unique health status, diagnosis, and prognosis
2. benefits and risks of potential interventions
3. patient's resources and limitations
Patient/client preferences and values - correct answer...✔✔Unique preferences,
concerns and expectations
EX: "What might happen if I agree to let you perform the intervention?" "What might
happen if I refuse to let you perform the intervention?"
What is essential in dealing with patient/client preferences and values? - correct
answer...✔✔collaboration
What are the focus areas of EBPT? - correct answer...✔✔usefulness of diagnostic
tests and clinical measures
usefulness of prognostic factors
efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of interventions
outcomes of care
usefulness of self-report outcomes measures
Diagnosis - correct answer...✔✔a process that includes integrating and evaluating the
data that are obtained during the PT examination to describe the patient/client condition
AGRADESOLUTIONS
, in terms that will guide the PT in determining the prognosis, plan of care, and
intervention strategies
What are some examples of diagnostic tests? - correct answer...✔✔special tests
radiographs
labs
cardiovascular stress tests
biopsies
surgical exploration
What are some examples of measures? - correct answer...✔✔range of motion
strength
vital signs
wound dimensions
sensation
prognosis - correct answer...✔✔prediction of the natural course of a condition, or its
risk for development; predicted optimal level of improvement through intervention and
the amount of time required to achieve that level
prognostic factor - correct answer...✔✔a characteristic that increases or decreases the
likelihood of an individual's eventual outcome
What are the prognostic factors? - correct answer...✔✔demographic - age, gene,
ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status
disease-specific - severity of disease or injury, acuity or chronicity
co-morbidities - other conditions present that influence outcome
other - insurance coverage, access to health care
What does a favorable (protective) prognostic factor do? - correct answer...✔✔
Increases the likelihood of a positive event; decrease the likelihood of an adverse event
What does an unfavorable (risk factor) prognostic factor do? - correct answer...✔✔
increases the likelihood of an adverse event; decreases the likelihood of a positive
event
Intervention - correct answer...✔✔the purposeful use of various PT procedures and
techniques in collaboration with the patient/client and when appropriate, other health
care providers, in order to effect change in the patient/client's condition
efficacy - correct answer...✔✔biological effect of a treatment; "does it work?"; "is it
safe?"; highly controlled conditions; intervention produces outcome under ideal
conditions
AGRADESOLUTIONS
