Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice: Practical...

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Item#: 9781638220695
Edition 02
Author Dunn & Proffitt
Cover Paperback
 


Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practice: Practical Strategies for Health Care Professionals, Second Editionprovides a step-by-step process for learning how to use literature to inform quality practices in an accessible workbook format.

Bringing Evidence Into Everyday Practicesimplifies 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 inBringing 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 Editionwalks 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