Principles of Evidence-Based Practice

Catalog description

This course will introduce the student to key concepts of the critical appraisal of literature within health science and public health. The first section of the course reviews relevant research design and statistical issues that will be helpful in understanding an evidence-based approach to the literature. The second section of the course reviews basic principles of an evidence-based approach and introduces evidence-based issues related to diagnosis and prognosis. The third section of the course introduces evidence-based issues related to intervention. Throughout the course, material presented in lecture will be accentuated with "real-world" data from the literature and the instructor's ongoing research. In addition, the student will have the opportunity to apply an evidence-based approach to answering a scientific clinical research question.