EBM EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
evidence based practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect, interpret, integrate valid research evidence,
and clinical expertise to inform clinical decision making
to function within the goals of medicine to:
relieve/prevent suffering
provide hope,
treat or cure disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅standards of medicine
EMTALA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency
department to be stabilized and treated, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay,
pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Asks what causes a disease
pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Asks how meds work
etiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the causes of diseases (where/what)
-frame clinical question
-find evidence
-assess evidence
-make clinical decision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Key Steps of EBP Process
Patient/Problem
Intervention/Exposure
Comparison/Alternative
Outcome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅PICO
, epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅proportion reflecting the number of existing cases of a disease
relative to the total population at a given point or period of time
sensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ability to produce positive results (reported as a percentage of actual
positives)
specificity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ability to identify negative results (tells us the people who don't have
something)
incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅measure of the number of new cases in a set of time
Bayes Theorem - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅we revise our beliefs constantly on new information
confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
anchoring bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one then
fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
affect heuristic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tendency to consult one's emotions instead of estimating
probabilities objectively.
outcomes bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅practice of believing that clinical results are always attributable
to prior decisions
Dual process theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the proposal that judgement involves two types of
thinking: nonanalytic and analytical
evidence based practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect, interpret, integrate valid research evidence,
and clinical expertise to inform clinical decision making
to function within the goals of medicine to:
relieve/prevent suffering
provide hope,
treat or cure disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅standards of medicine
EMTALA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency
department to be stabilized and treated, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay,
pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Asks what causes a disease
pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Asks how meds work
etiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the causes of diseases (where/what)
-frame clinical question
-find evidence
-assess evidence
-make clinical decision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Key Steps of EBP Process
Patient/Problem
Intervention/Exposure
Comparison/Alternative
Outcome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅PICO
, epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅proportion reflecting the number of existing cases of a disease
relative to the total population at a given point or period of time
sensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ability to produce positive results (reported as a percentage of actual
positives)
specificity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ability to identify negative results (tells us the people who don't have
something)
incidence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅measure of the number of new cases in a set of time
Bayes Theorem - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅we revise our beliefs constantly on new information
confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
anchoring bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a tendency to fixate on initial information, from which one then
fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information
affect heuristic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The tendency to consult one's emotions instead of estimating
probabilities objectively.
outcomes bias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅practice of believing that clinical results are always attributable
to prior decisions
Dual process theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the proposal that judgement involves two types of
thinking: nonanalytic and analytical
