We have read a significant amount regarding evidence. However, evidence-based decision making and
practice boils down to OUR ….yours and mine….application of what we have read.
A. As a Health or Service provider how do you make certain that your clients receive, evidenced-based
information and care?
What sources would you/do you refer them to, and how would you/do you help them to understand the
importance and value of evidence-based information, practice and decision-making? In other words, how
would you explain the concept of evidence-based practice to your patients/clients?
B. What constrains your evidenced based behaviors…in other words, what factors make it difficult for you to
use evidence based behaviors?
2) . Systematic Reviews
As we learned in this module Systematic Reviews differ from Literature Reviews in that Systematic
Reviews use a multitude of articles to review a specific topic. Learning the importance of, and ability to
access them, will benefit you greatly as you move forward in your career. Systematic Reviews can help you
stay current in your field and allow you to review a great deal of new research information that is constantly
entering the field, efficiently and effectively.
Please go to the COCHRANE REVIEWS (abstract and summaries) using the link below. Look around this
extremely interesting site and see if you can find a Systematic Review that relates in some way to the
research problem you identified in Module 1.
If you are unable to find a COCHRANE REVIEW (abstract and summaries) that relates in some way to
your proposed experiment, locate a COCHRANE REVIEW (abstract and summaries) that interests you. Be
sure to tell us why you are choosing a new topic that differs from your first module post.