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Unit of Study HLT91061 - Evidence-Based Health Practice (2015)

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Unit description

Introduces students to an evidence-based approach to clinical and public health practice. Students are taught how to frame a relevant clinical or public health question, search and appraise the available evidence, and use this to develop appropriate responses in day-to-day practice and policy setting.

Unit content

Topic 1: Evidence-based practice

Topic 2: Finding the evidence

Topic 3: Types of evidence

Topic 4: Critical appraisal of the evidence

Topic 5: Using the evidence: Appraising clinical guidelines

Topic 6: Using the evidence: Implementation

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
SCU Online Study Period 2 Study Period 2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 understand the steps in Evidence-based Practice and the role that critical appraisal takes in informing decisions in clinical and public health practice
2 frame research questions and identify the best evidence for answering those questions
3 search the most appropriate data sources for evidence related to research questions
4 choose appropriate appraisal tools to evaluate differing research methodologies and methods
5 critically appraise appropriate evidence to answer research questions
6 use critical appraisals to consider implications for practice
7 plan a strategy to change healthcare practice based on results from critical appraisals

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. understand the steps in Evidence-based Practice and the role that critical appraisal takes in informing decisions in clinical and public health practice
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    • GA3:
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    • GA5:
  2. frame research questions and identify the best evidence for answering those questions
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    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. search the most appropriate data sources for evidence related to research questions
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    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. choose appropriate appraisal tools to evaluate differing research methodologies and methods
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    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. critically appraise appropriate evidence to answer research questions
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    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  6. use critical appraisals to consider implications for practice
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    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  7. plan a strategy to change healthcare practice based on results from critical appraisals
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    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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