Library skills for physical therapy research class

1. Using the Biomedical Library & It’s Resources: Becoming Efficient Information Managers Physical Therapy Fall 2008

6. What is Evidence Based Practice (EBP) A process by which you: (1) ask clinical questions that can be answered through research and other evidence sources; (2) find the best evidence to answer these clinical questions; (3) appraise the validity of the evidence to support answers to clinical questions; (4) integrate the evidence with clinical expertise and patients’ perspectives; and (5) evaluate the effectiveness of carrying out all of the above. Short definition: “the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.” 1 1 Sackett, DL. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. New York: Churchill-Livingston, 2000.

9. Evidence Pyramid Case Series/Case Reports Case Control Studies Cohort Studies Randomized Controlled Trial Systematic Review Meta-analysis Animal Research

11. Patient-Centered Information Management Usefulness of any information source = Relevance X Validity Work Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. Teaching evidence-based medicine: Should we be teaching information management instead? Acad Med 2005;80:685-689