Foundations of Evidence Informed Practice

FOUNDATIONS OF EVIDENCE INFORMED
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS



Case_Report_-
_Correct_answer~_A_detailed_description_of_a_unique_case_in_clinical_practice.



Case_Series_-
_Correct_answer~_An_observation_of_a_series_of_persons_without_a_control_group.



Cross-Sectional_-
_Correct_answer~_A_snapshot_or_cross_section_of_a_specific_population's_health_and_b
ehaviors_at_one_point_in_time.



Case_Control_-
_Correct_answer~_Starts_with_a_group_of_"cases"_who_have_developed_the_outcome_
of_interest._Cases_are_then_compared_to_"controls"._(those_without_outcome_of_intere
st)_to_see_if_there_were_differences_in_exposure.



Cohort_-_Correct_answer~_Cohort_of_people._In_contrast_to_a_case-
control_study,_participants_have_NOT_developed_the_outcome_of_interest_yet._Researc
hers_develop_cohort_for_long_period_of_time_and_categorize_them_into_different_levels
_of_exposure.

, Quantitaive_research_-
_Correct_answer~_uses_structured_methods_to_describe_an_observation_or_relationship
_in_numerical_terms._Seeks_to_measure/statistically_analyze.

-Numerical

-Objective

-Most_basic_science_and_clinical_studies



Qualitative_research_-
_Correct_answer~_Analyzes_perceptions_and_emotions_generally_expressed_through_LA
NGUAGE._Tries_to_understand_what_contributes_to_peoples'_subjective_understanding_
of_reality.

-Emotions

-Date_is_language

-Subjective

-Interviews_and_focus_groups



Goal_of_Basic_Science_Research?_-_Correct_answer~_Biologic_Plausibility



Evidence_Informed_Practice_-_Correct_answer~_1)_Patient_Presentation

2)_Clinical_Experience

3)Research_Evidence_

All_3=_Art_of_clinical_decision_making



Hierarchy_of_Evidence_-_Correct_answer~_lowest=_editorials

highest=systematic_reviews



6_A's_-_Correct_answer~_Analyze