Unit description
Introduces students to an evidence-based approach to health practice. Students are taught how to frame relevant structured questions, search and appraise the available evidence, and use this to develop appropriate responses in day-to-day health practice settings.
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
Learning outcomes
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | examine the steps in evidence-based practice and the role that critical appraisal takes in informing decisions in health practice | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | frame relevant, structured questions and identify the best evidence for answering those questions | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 3 | identify and search the most appropriate data sources for evidence related to relevant, structured questions | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | critically appraise appropriate evidence to answer relevant, structured questions | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | use critical appraisals to consider implications for practice | Lifelong learning | ||||||
| 6 | plan a strategy to change healthcare practice based on results from critical appraisals. | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
Prescribed texts
Study Period 3
- Hoffmann, T., Del Mar, C., & Bennett, S., 2017, Evidence-based practice across the health professions, 3rd edn, Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: Print 9780729542555.
Teaching and assessment
SCU Online (intensive)
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning (6 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Report | 40% |
| Critical review | 60% |
Fee information
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