Evidence based practice

Page 2: Learning Outcomes

  • Recap what we know about evidence-based practice

  • Understand the importance of evidence-based practice

  • Understand reputable or credible sources and the importance of a comprehensive literature search

  • Become familiar with the methods of data collection

  • Develop an understanding of the research process

Page 4: Evidence-Based Practice (Recap)

  • Individual Patient's Clinical Values and Expertise Expectations

  • Improved Patient Outcomes

  • Best Available Clinical Evidence

  • Sackett, D.L., et al. (2000). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed.).

Page 5: Best Available Clinical Evidence

  • Use of literature (books, websites, journals)

  • Databases

  • Search criteria (keywords)

  • Filters

  • Influence on patient care

Page 6: Research Article Format

  • Title

  • Abstract

  • Introduction

  • Literature review

  • Method

  • Results

  • Discussion

  • Recommendations

  • Limitations

  • References

  • Significance of information

  • Application to own search

Page 7: Types of Research

  • Qualitative

    • Concerned with understanding

    • Assumes a dynamic and measurable reality

    • Data collected through participant observation and interviews

    • Data analyzed by themes and reported in the language of the informant

  • Quantitative

    • Concerned with discovering human behavior from the facts about social phenomena

    • Assumes a fixed and negotiated reality

    • Data collected through randomised control trials and interviews

    • Data analyzed through numerical comparisons and statistical inferences

    • Data reported through statistical analyses

Page 8: Research Process

  • Clinical Scenario

  • Research proposal

  • Research methodology

  • Ethics

  • Study

  • Publish

  • Change to practice

  • Change to patient care

  • Funding

  • Research participants

  • Location

  • Complications/limitations

  • Searching the literature

  • Collecting and analyzing the data

Page 9: Activity Time

  • Groups of 3-4 people examine articles

  • Investigate: topic (research question), type of study, who was involved, how the study was conducted, findings, conclusions

  • Evaluate credibility of the article

  • Consider usefulness for supporting practice

  • Share interesting findings from the article

Page 10: Recap of Today's Lesson

  • Research guides and supports nursing practice

  • Importance of literature searches for the best available clinical evidence

  • Definitions of qualitative and quantitative research

  • Lengthy research process and the development