Evidence Based Physiotherapy
Code
MF01
Department
Physiotherapy
Credits
4
Teacher in charge
Prof. Doutor Eduardo José Brazete Cruz
Teaching language
Portuguese/ English
Objectives
The aim of this curricular unit is to develop students skills in critically and systematically evaluate research literature in physiotherapy and in judging its applicability to ensure better health outcomes for patients and populations. The emphasis is on the systematic search of the research literature and on the critical evaluation of musculoskeletal physiotherapy research, including treatment effectiveness, prognosis outcome research, and assessment tools to diagnose and evaluate change.
Prerequisites
Musculoskeletal conditions
Subject matter
The curricular unit content includes:
- Narrative systematic reviews and meta-analysis;
- Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Accuracy studies, Outcome prognosis and treatment effectiveness; The Prisma Statement;
- Development of a Systematic Review Protocol;
- Advanced literature search strategies (Medline/Pubmed, Cochrane Central, CINAHL, Embase, PEDro database);
- Critical appraisal of primary studies; The Pedro Scale; The Consort Statement; The QUADAS Checklist; QUIPS Tool;
- Strategies for data Extraction and data synthesis;
- The Grade Guidelines.
Bibliography
1- Bury T and Mead J. Evidence-Based Healthcare. London, Butterworth. Heinemann. 1998.
2- Herbert, R., Jamtvedt, G., Hagen, K.B. Mead, J. Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy. 2nd Ed., Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 2011.
3- Jewell, D. Guide to Evidenced-Based Physical Therapist Practice. 2nd Ed. Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2010.
4- Sackett D., Straus S., Richardson W. Evidence Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 2nd Ed. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone. 2000.
5- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0. [www.cochrane-handbook.org].
Teaching method
This unit uses a blended learning approach and includes: Seminars; Small Tutorial Groups; Self-directed Learning; Online discussion forums guided by worksheets and instructions.
Evaluation method
The assessment methods include:
- A narrative systematic review limited to a maximum of 6 articles. This is a work group assessment (4 students) limit to 3000 words (70%).
- An essay concerning the implementation of the systematic review findings in the students clinical context limit to 1500 words (30%).
The students must have a classification of a minimum of 50% in both assessment activities.
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