DHSC 8030 - Evidence-Based Practice

3 credit hours

This course is designed to assist health professionals with learning how to integrate high-quality research with clinical expertise, critical thinking, and patient values for optimum care. Systematic methods for critical appraisal of study quality, research design, strength of research recommendations, and quality of literature pertaining to a specific clinical problem will be presented. Evidence-based resources and databases for health professionals will be identified. Methods will be explored to promote health professionals’ participation in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.