Evidence Based Practice GE

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
HLTH 6012

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
106047

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

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Course aim

This course provides students with the knowledge and research skills to investigate and evaluate the strength and clinical utility of allied health research evidence and to become educated consumers of health sciences research to support lifelong learning in their chosen profession.

Course content

Course content includes an overview of quantitative research designs (primary and secondary evidence), the hierarchy of quantitative research evidence, critical appraisal of research designs, structuring a search strategy around a clinical question, library database searching, establishing the strength of the body of evidence, interpretation and reporting of results, writing and presenting a systematic review of the current, best-available body of evidence (up to 8 papers) for a clinical question.

Textbook(s)

Grimmer-Somers, K, Kumar, S, Worley, A, Young, A 2009, Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer, UST Publishing House

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 For IMOG students
REHB 5108	Evidence Based Practice Skills
Group 2 For IMPE students - Completed at least two of the following courses
REHB 5111	Physiotherapy Practice in Acute Care
REHB 5103	Physiotherapy Practice in Adult Rehabilitation
REHB 6018	Physiotherapy Practice in Primary and Ambulatory Care
REHB 6017	Physiotherapy Practice with Children

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	6 hours x 1 week
Tutorial	26 hours x 1 week
Online tutorial	3 hours x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Presentation, peer assessment of group members, Search strategy, Systematic review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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