PT 872 Evidence-Based Practice III

This is the third of a three-course series that introduces students to the principles of evidence-based practice. Students will demonstrate how evidence is used to support clinical decision-making via writing of a patient/client case report.

Credits

2

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Format a patient/client case report according to guidelines to include comparison of standard of care critical examination of the case.
2. Obtain Institutional Review Board approval, including demonstration of comprehension of ethical and legal standards of research and practice.
3. Organize documentation of the patient/client case report, including evaluation, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, interventions, and outcomes.
4. Compose an introduction section that includes analysis of the evidence used to enhance understanding of the background of the patient/client case.
5. Analyze, interpret, conclude, compile and report the literature used as rationale to support of clinical decision-making during the examination, evaluation, and treatment of the patient/client.
6. Analyze, interpret, conclude and report the case outcomes and patient/client level of function at discharge from physical therapy, focusing on objective and standardized measures supported by the literature when possible.
7. Present complete case including integration of all aspects of the patient/client case report, including evaluation, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, interventions, and outcomes as well as the appropriate literature used as a rationale to support clinical decisions made.
8. Compose an appropriate abstract and title for the case report that summarizes succinctly the case studies.