Evidence-based Practice

Welcome to UQ Ipswich Campus 2012

Published: Fri, 2012-01-20 13:48 by Marcos Riba

Welcome to Ipswich Campus 2012!! Wow this year has already been better than last year. I thought that today I would discuss rules. I am inspired to do so by Wikipedia's decision to shut down their website for a day as a protest against anti-piracy laws due to pass through the US legislature shortly, it seems, to some effect. I have an issue with a particular rule and would like to elicit the same sort of effect. I have long wanted on our campus to hold a chilli/curry cook off. However, I believe, it is in breach of health regulations. Now let's look at rules.

Evidence-based Nursing and Midwifery Practice (EBP): finding, appraising and using research

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Handbooks:

Evidence-based practice for nurses : appraisal and application of research

Evidence-based nursing : the research-practice connection

Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare : a guide to best practice

Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare

Using evidence to guide nursing practice

Fast facts for evidence-based practice : implementing EBP in a nutshell

Evidence-based practice in nursing

Research in nursing : evidence for best practice

Introduction to nursing research : incorporating evidence-based practice

Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice

Understanding research for nursing students

Principles and practice of research in midwifery

Dictionaries:

INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary - explains many research terms

Abbreviations:

EBP: Evidence-based Practice

EBM: Evidence-based Medicine

PICO: Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome - This acronym can help you develop a searchable clinical question.

See the INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary for more terms.

How-to Guides:

Critical Appraisal of Research

Books:
How to read a paper resource : the basics of evidence-based medicine 4th ed. 2010

Checklists:

Quantitative Studies:
SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) Checklist - http://www.sign.ac.uk/methodology/checklists.html
This website includes checklist for critically appraising the following study types: Systematic Review, Randomized Controlled Trials, Cohort Studes, Case-Controlled Studies and Diagnostic Studies

Mixed Methods Studies:
Pluye, P., Gagnon, M. P., Griffiths, F., & Johnson-Lafleur, J. (2009). A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in Mixed Studies Reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(4), 529-546.

Levels of Evidence:

NHMRC levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for developers of guidelines Dec 2009
See Table 3 on p. 16. Note these levels of evidence ranking quantitative studies only.

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

Östlund, U., L. Kidd, et al. (2011). "Combining qualitative and quantitative research within mixed method research designs: A methodological review." International Journal of Nursing Studies 48(3): 369-383.

Journals

Journals:

The Cochrane Library - A source of up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence (Systematic Reviews, Randomised to support decisions taken in health care

Joanna Briggs Institute - JBI offers critically appraised information to connect health professional with the best available health care evidence.

PubMed Clinical Queries - A quick way to locate clinical studies or systematic reviews

Statistics

Statistics:

Find Health Statistics:

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australia's Health 2010

World Health Organization (WHO)

Reading Health Statistics:

Medical statistics at a glance

The essentials of biostatistics for physicians, nurses, and clinicians

Web Sites