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The conscientious, explicit, & judicious use
of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients1. -
ANSWER-= Evidence based medicine!
Process of combining the best available research evidence with your knowledge/ skill to make
collaborative, patient centered decisions within a given health care situation. - ANSWER-
Evidence Based Practice
T/F: EBM and evidence based practice are not very evolved (new) - ANSWER-True
Evidence based practice emphasizes what in the healthcare provider-patient relationship? -
ANSWER-collaborative decision-making
"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease, than what sort of a
disease a patient has."
This quote describes the centrality of what in EBM? - ANSWER-The Centrality of the Individual
Influences on health care practice - ANSWER-1. The Patient/population (ability to afford care,
needs, change readiness, culture, values, health literacy)
2. Micro Level External Influences (clinical setting, resources, clinician knowledge and skills,
best available evidence, patient support system)
3. Mesio Level External Influences (inter professional collaboration, community's health
services, community social support system, community's environment)
,4. Macro Level External Influences (Education systems, Policy systems, regulatory legislative
political systems, insurance systems)
Why Evidence-based practice? - ANSWER-There is a substantial gap between the best
research evidence and clinical practice with potentially serious health consequences for
patients. Evidence based practice helps bridge that gap by providing strategies that facilitate
finding and appraising research, and resources that pre-filter and synthesize research to make
the process more efficient.
Need to know best practices in real time.
Traditional information often inadequate.
Practice changing research is often ignored.
Inefficient practice is harmful, costly or ineffective.
Example of gap between best research and clinical practice - ANSWER-Meta Analysis proved
Flomax didn't work.. still prescribed!
Why EBM for mE? - ANSWER-ARC-PA Standards-4th Edition
B1.07: The curriculum must include instruction related to the development of problem-solving
and medical decision-making skills.
B2.10: The program curriculum must include instruction to prepare students to search, interpret
& evaluate the medical literature, including its application to individualized patients.
PA Competencies
What is ARC-PA? - ANSWER-ARC-PA is the Accreditation Review Commission on Education
for the Physician Assistant
,is the accrediting agency that protects the interests of the public and physician assistant
profession by defining the standards for physician assistant education and evaluating physician
assistant educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure
their compliance with those standards.
What modifications (additions) were made to PA Certification maintenance process in 2014? -
ANSWER-Self-assessment component
Self-reflection & meta-cognition to identify learning needs & address them.
Clinical Quality Improvement Project
Practice-based learning & improvement using quantitative skills.
Barriers to practicing EBM - ANSWER-lack of personal time
personal & organizational inertia
problems with the 'evidence'
lack of evidence/unrelated evidence
attitudes of colleagues
patients' expectations
What isn't EBM? - ANSWER-Decision making by antedote.
- experience rules!
2. Just reading papers or decision making by press-clipping.
- If it is new, it must be correct?
3. Good old boys sitting around the table.
4. Pure cost-minimization.
What are some harmful practices that were supported by expert opinion? - ANSWER-- Blood
letting
- Thalidomide for morning sickness (teratogen)
- Bed rest for low back pain (still happens)
, - Benzos for mild anxiety and insomnia
- Lidocaine for acute MI
**What are the Essential Steps for EBM? (5) - ANSWER-1. Convert information needs into
answerable questions.
2. Efficiently track down the best evidence to answer those questions.
3. Critically appraise the evidence to assess its validity & usefulness*.
4. Implement the results in practice.
5. Evaluate our performance.
*Validity= - ANSWER-closeness to the truth.
Usefulness= - ANSWER-clinically applicable
External validity: - ANSWER-does it apply to our patient population
Classifying clinical questions - ANSWER-Background:
Answered in past
Core of medical knowledge
Typically found in print books
Foreground:
Cutting edge of practice
May or may be not fully answerable
At the heart of practicing EBM
What is the assumption in classifying clinical questions (especially in the novice?) - ANSWER-
That all background information is correct@
All Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified
Answers) |Already Graded A+
The conscientious, explicit, & judicious use
of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients1. -
ANSWER-= Evidence based medicine!
Process of combining the best available research evidence with your knowledge/ skill to make
collaborative, patient centered decisions within a given health care situation. - ANSWER-
Evidence Based Practice
T/F: EBM and evidence based practice are not very evolved (new) - ANSWER-True
Evidence based practice emphasizes what in the healthcare provider-patient relationship? -
ANSWER-collaborative decision-making
"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease, than what sort of a
disease a patient has."
This quote describes the centrality of what in EBM? - ANSWER-The Centrality of the Individual
Influences on health care practice - ANSWER-1. The Patient/population (ability to afford care,
needs, change readiness, culture, values, health literacy)
2. Micro Level External Influences (clinical setting, resources, clinician knowledge and skills,
best available evidence, patient support system)
3. Mesio Level External Influences (inter professional collaboration, community's health
services, community social support system, community's environment)
,4. Macro Level External Influences (Education systems, Policy systems, regulatory legislative
political systems, insurance systems)
Why Evidence-based practice? - ANSWER-There is a substantial gap between the best
research evidence and clinical practice with potentially serious health consequences for
patients. Evidence based practice helps bridge that gap by providing strategies that facilitate
finding and appraising research, and resources that pre-filter and synthesize research to make
the process more efficient.
Need to know best practices in real time.
Traditional information often inadequate.
Practice changing research is often ignored.
Inefficient practice is harmful, costly or ineffective.
Example of gap between best research and clinical practice - ANSWER-Meta Analysis proved
Flomax didn't work.. still prescribed!
Why EBM for mE? - ANSWER-ARC-PA Standards-4th Edition
B1.07: The curriculum must include instruction related to the development of problem-solving
and medical decision-making skills.
B2.10: The program curriculum must include instruction to prepare students to search, interpret
& evaluate the medical literature, including its application to individualized patients.
PA Competencies
What is ARC-PA? - ANSWER-ARC-PA is the Accreditation Review Commission on Education
for the Physician Assistant
,is the accrediting agency that protects the interests of the public and physician assistant
profession by defining the standards for physician assistant education and evaluating physician
assistant educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure
their compliance with those standards.
What modifications (additions) were made to PA Certification maintenance process in 2014? -
ANSWER-Self-assessment component
Self-reflection & meta-cognition to identify learning needs & address them.
Clinical Quality Improvement Project
Practice-based learning & improvement using quantitative skills.
Barriers to practicing EBM - ANSWER-lack of personal time
personal & organizational inertia
problems with the 'evidence'
lack of evidence/unrelated evidence
attitudes of colleagues
patients' expectations
What isn't EBM? - ANSWER-Decision making by antedote.
- experience rules!
2. Just reading papers or decision making by press-clipping.
- If it is new, it must be correct?
3. Good old boys sitting around the table.
4. Pure cost-minimization.
What are some harmful practices that were supported by expert opinion? - ANSWER-- Blood
letting
- Thalidomide for morning sickness (teratogen)
- Bed rest for low back pain (still happens)
, - Benzos for mild anxiety and insomnia
- Lidocaine for acute MI
**What are the Essential Steps for EBM? (5) - ANSWER-1. Convert information needs into
answerable questions.
2. Efficiently track down the best evidence to answer those questions.
3. Critically appraise the evidence to assess its validity & usefulness*.
4. Implement the results in practice.
5. Evaluate our performance.
*Validity= - ANSWER-closeness to the truth.
Usefulness= - ANSWER-clinically applicable
External validity: - ANSWER-does it apply to our patient population
Classifying clinical questions - ANSWER-Background:
Answered in past
Core of medical knowledge
Typically found in print books
Foreground:
Cutting edge of practice
May or may be not fully answerable
At the heart of practicing EBM
What is the assumption in classifying clinical questions (especially in the novice?) - ANSWER-
That all background information is correct@
