EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN HEALTH

PTY5EBP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Evidence based practice is the use of best available evidence combined with patient preferences, available resources and therapist expertise in making decisions about the care of patients. Evidence based health care requires the physiotherapist or exercise physiologist to be able to perform the five steps of evidence based practice. In this subject students will build on the skills developed in HLT2IEP in the production of a written Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) for publication in a web-based clinical resource based in their clinical school. This resource will be peer reviewed, with the students further applying their EBP skills in order to critically appraise the work of other students. In this manner they will further develop the necessary skills to perform evidence based practice, while gaining a greater understanding of the peer review process and contributing to a valuable evidence based resource within their clinical school.

School: Allied Health, Human Services & Sport (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Andrew Hahne

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be admitted into one of the following courses: HZPHPB, HZPHPP, HZHSPB, HMPYPB, HMPYP; and must have passed: PTY5ELG and PTY5MCP. OR Must be admitted into HZESPB and must have passed: EXS3AEB; OR be admitted into HMEPB.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Practical Evidence-based Physiotherapy

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Herbert, Jamtvedt, Hagen & Mead

Year: 2011

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: ELSEVIER, EDINBURGH

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify gaps in clinical knowledge and locate evidence to address that gap.

02. Critically appraise the methodology of a variety of research designs to determine the relative weight of the evidence.

03. Interpret and summarise the findings across a number of research articles in order to answer a clinically oriented research question.

04. Contribute to an up-to-date, peer-reviewed evidence base, summarising the research evidence, in order to answer a clinically oriented research question.

05. Critically appraise, according to set criteria, two other pieces published on the web resource in a professional manner that contributes to the understanding of the material.

06. Reflect on the performance of the steps of evidence-based practice and identify areas of strength and areas that could be improved in order to make the process more efficient.

Bendigo, 2020, Week 05-25, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Marcos De Noronha

Class requirements

Independent ResearchWeek: 10 - 24
One 20.00 hours independent research per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 24 and delivered via online.
Later in the semester (during a non-clinical block), students will individually complete one written assignment, representing approximately 20 hours of student effort.

Problem Based LearningWeek: 5 - 19
Five 1.00 hour problem based learning other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 5 to week 19 and delivered via face-to-face.
Students can attend 1 x 1-hour PBL / drop-in session per week for 5 consecutive weeks in ONE of the following blocks: (weeks 05-09, 10-14 or 15-19).

WorkShopWeek: 5 - 19
Five 2.00 hours workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 5 to week 19 and delivered via face-to-face.
Students will attend 1 x 2-hour workshop per week for five consecutive weeks in ONE of the following blocks: (weeks 05-09, 10-14 or 15-19).

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One 3,250-word Final Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) (in pairs = 1625 words per student)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO6
One written appraisal of other students CAT (equiv to 1800 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO5, SILO6
One 2150-word Draft Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) (in pairs = 1075 words per student)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 05-25, Day