Description
Book SynopsisBringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice: Practical Strategies for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition provides a step-by-step process for learning how to use literature to inform quality practices in an accessible workbook format.
Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice simplifies analyzing research through repetition of core strategies and the systematic introduction of increasingly complex techniques for interpreting literature. Students, early career professionals, and interdisciplinary teams alike can build a common language and structure for selecting and evaluating evidence to incorporate into their practices.
What’s included in
Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice:
• Worksheets to guide learning, available in print and as writable PDFs online
• Ample opportunities to repeat and practice skills
• Summary articles, emerging practices, and data collection
• How to search databases, examine quality features, and identify the parts of a research article
• A library of articles that learners can access from their libraries or the internet
Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for supplemental faculty materials to be used for teaching in the classroom.
Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice: Practical Strategies for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition walks readers through each step of reviewing articles in the literature—providing them with a scaffolding of understanding how to evaluate and incorporate evidence into their practice.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Master List of Worksheets
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
Section I Learning the Basics
- Unit 1: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
- Unit 2: Characterizing Responses to Evidence
- Unit 3: Understanding and Using the Basic Parts of Research Articles
Section II Practice Using Evidence to Design Best Practices
- Unit 4: Examining Evidence Related to Assistive Devices and Environmental Adaptations
- Unit 5: Examining Evidence Related to the Use of Compensatory Strategies
- Unit 6: Examining Evidence Related to Caregiving
- Unit 7: Examining Evidence Related to Sensory Processing Patterns
- Unit 8: Examining Evidence Related to Constraint-Induced Therapy Interventions
- Unit 9: Examining Evidence Related to Upper Extremity Fractures
Section III Expanding Your Knowledge and Skills for Evidence-Based Practice
- Unit 10: Understanding Summary and Meta-Analysis Articles
- Unit 11: Examining Evidence Related to Emerging and Controversial Practices
- Unit 12: Creating Evidence Within Your Own Practice
- Unit 13: Communicating Evidence: Critical Conversations
- Appendix
- Master List of Worksheets by Unit
- References in Alphabetical Order
- References by Unit
- Index
