Table of Contents |
Unit 1 | Step one and two : getting started | 1 |
1 | Making the case for evidence-based practice | 3 |
2 | Asking compelling clinical questions | 25 |
3 | Finding relevant evidence | 39 |
Unit 2 | Step three : critically appraising evidence | 71 |
4 | Critically appraising knowledge for clinical decision-making | 73 |
5 | Critically appraising quantitative evidence | 79 |
6 | Critically appraising qualitative evidence | 127 |
7 | Patient concerns, choices, and clinical judgment in evidence-based practice | 163 |
Unit 3 | Steps four and five : applying the evidence | 183 |
8 | Using models and strategies for evidence-based practice | 185 |
9 | Using evidence-based practice guidelines : tools for improving practice | 221 |
Unit 4 | Next steps : generating and disseminating evidence | 237 |
10 | Generating evidence through quantitative research | 239 |
11 | Generating evidence through qualitative research | 283 |
12 | Generating evidence through outcomes management | 299 |
13 | Writing a successful grant proposal to fund research and outcomes management projects | 333 |
14 | Disseminating evidence | 361 |
Unit 5 | Creating a culture for evidence-based practice | 405 |
15 | Teaching evidence-based practice | 407 |
16 | Creating a vision : motivating a change to evidence-based practice in individuals and organizations | 443 |
17 | Evidence to guide best practice | 457 |
App. A | Case example : evidence-based care and outcome in adult depression and in critically ill children | 487 |
App. B | Walking the walk and talking the talk : an appraisal guide for qualitative evidence | 491 |
App. C | Approved consent form for a study | 529 |
App. D | A data and safety monitoring plan for an intervention study | 533 |
App. E | Case example of an evidence-based approach to answer a clinical problem : smoking cessation and women with cardiovascular disease : looking for best evidence : what if it isn't there? | 535 |
App. F | Case example for an ethnographic study resolving ethical issues of daily living : looking for best evidence : "... A rose by any other name ..." | 547 |
App. G | Example of a slide show for a 20-minute paper presentation | 557 |
App. H | Example of a health policy brief | 569 |
App. I | Example of a press release | 573 |
App. J | Case example of a successful media dissemination effort : when rocking chairs in nursing homes make the news | 577 |