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HSBH3005: Evidence Based Health Care
2021 unit information
Evidence-based health care is the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individuals or the delivery of health services. This unit will introduce students to evidence-based health care by developing an understanding of knowledge and evidence, and critical appraisal skills to inform decision-making in health care policy and practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Health Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand that health-related decision-making should be based on scientific evidence
- LO2. define a clinical question using the patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) model
- LO3. search for relevant scientific publications to answer a health-related question
- LO4. evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different study designs in the context of diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and risk
- LO5. assess the appropriate use and interpretation of descriptive and inferential statistics and reliability and validity
- LO6. critically appraise scientific reviews in relation to the review question, selection criteria, study validity, conclusion and applicability to a health care question
- LO7. conduct a critical appraisal of available evidence for a particular health issue
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