Evidence Based Practice GE
Course Level Postgraduate
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
HLTH 6012
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
106047
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance
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 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.
Grimmer-Somers, K, Kumar, S, Worley, A, Young, A 2009, Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer, UST Publishing House
Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
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Group 1
For IMOG students |
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REHB 5108 | Evidence Based Practice Skills |
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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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.
Presentation, Project, Proposal
EFTSL*: 0.125
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