Knowledge for Health Care Practice: A Guide to Using Research Evidence.Knowledge for Health Care Practice: A Guide to Using Research Evidence Brown SJ. Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. , PA 19106, WB Saunders Saun´ders n. 1. See Sandress. Co, 1999, paperback, 256 pp, illus, $19.95. Though intended for health care practitioners and students in professional education programs, the examples in this book draw heavily on the nursing literature. This book presupposes a basic knowledge of research design and analysis, including statistics. The first 2 chapters provide a good justification for research-based practice by health care professionals. Chapters 3 through 5 cover the basics of finding research literature relevant to one's area of interest, starting with picking topics and leading to library and computer tools. Chapters 6 through 10 show how to assess research findings in order to make rational decisions about changes in practice that are based on those findings. The material on this question is organized in 2 ways. First, data appraisal is discussed from the perspective of the traditional research designs (ie, qualitative, descriptive, correlational, experimental, quasi-experimental). Second, appraisal of collective evidence is discussed concerning the following: patient experiences, health and illness factors, therapies and interventions, and assessment tools. Helpful examples are also provided. Chapter 10 covers meta-analyses, integrative research reviews, and research-based practice guidelines practice guidelines Medical practice A set of recommendations for Pt management that identifies a specific or range of range of management strategies. See Peer review organization, Practice standards. Cf 'Cookbook' medicine. , and it provides examples. The last 2 chapters discuss using research to change practice and assessing the results of these changes. The book also includes 9 appendixes, which contain appraisal forms and examples of appraisals, and a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. . The strength of this book lies in chapters 8 through 10 where comprehensive appraisal questions are provided for each of the designs. Each set of appraisal questions is divided under the headings of "Synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. ," "Credibility Profile," "Clinical Significance Profile," and "Applicability Profile." Appraisal questions are also provided for assessing several studies on the same topic, for multiple studies of assessment tools, and for the 3 types of literature synthesis. If the book is read from beginning to end, the reader will find a lot of repetition REPETITION, construction of wills. A repetition takes place when the same testator, by the same testamentary instrument, gives to the same legatee legacies of equal amount and of the same kind; in such case the latter is considered a repetition of the former, and the legatee is entitled . This repetition, however, has an advantage for the reader who wants to read only one chapter and understand it. The book is recommended to anyone looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an organized way to analyze and synthesize To create a whole or complete unit from parts or components. See synthesis. research literature in order to apply it to practice in a thoughtful manner. Otto D Payton, PhD, PT, FAPTA Medical College of Virginia/ Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Va Dr Payton is Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy. |
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