PAS 6100 - Evidence-Based Practice

This course is designed to enable students to develop the skills to locate and critically appraise published medical research to answer clinical questions. Basic principles of medical research, study designs, scales of measurement and interpreting statistics will be discussed. This course will challenge students’ critical thinking skills and facilitate the development of clinically-based research questions to promote instruction in how to integrate research with clinical practice. Instruction will be given in systematic methods for critical appraisal of study quality, research design and strength of recommendations. Evidence-based resources and databases for health professionals will be identified.

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