EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN PT

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Prerequisite: Open only to tDPT Graduate Students.Study of clinical reasoning and decision making including the patient management model as presented in the Guide to Physical Therapy Practice. Students develop an understanding of evidence-based practice, including how to generate clinical questions, search the literate, critically apply the literature to determine its application to patients. Using case examples, students will discuss how critical appraisal of the literature in the areas of physical therapy diagnosis, prognosis and intervention influence clinical decision making.