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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SPMD 4101 - Introduction to Evidence Based Practice I

This course focuses upon the basics of Evidence Based Practice including what it is, formation of relevant clinical questions, and how to conduct a search for evidence. Students will learn how to perform a literature search concerning their relevant clinical questions using Boolean search terms. Students will learn the basic skills in reading scholarly articles and interpreting results. Furthermore, students practice their skills inwriting PICO (Patients, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes) questions, identifying quality sources of evidence, appraising evidence, utilization of outcome measures, and writing various types of review articles.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: Admission to Sports Medicine program

Hours:
3