STAT 2010

STAT 2010 - Evidence-Informed Practice - 2 cr.

DESCRIPTION:

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of research literacy and evidence-informed practice. An evidence-informed practice framework facilitates shared-decision making, advances informed choice, and improves client-centered midwifery care. Also called “evidence-based practice” or “evidence-based care or medicine”, an evidence-informed practice (EIP) framework rests in the triad intersection between the best available research with your professional expertise as the midwife alongside the client’s individual values, needs, and context. Upon completion of this course, students will be equipped with the basic conceptual and practical skills necessary to enact evidence-informed practice frameworks as Midwives of Excellence.

Additionally: The Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH) has published six meta-competencies (with sub-competencies) that all integrative health practitioners are recommended to achieve in order to facilitate optimal practice in integrative healthcare. Meta-competency #5 is Evidence-Informed Practice, as follows:

COMPETENCY 5 – Evidence-Informed Practice

General Competency Statement: Explain, evaluate, and apply scientific evidence in the context of practitioner experience and patient preferences and apply evidence-informed decision-making in integrated healthcare delivery.

EP1. Explain the role of evidence-informed practice (EIP) in integrative healthcare.

EP2. Describe and apply critical evaluation of common research methodologies within the context of both clinical and mechanistic research.

EP3. Discuss issues in integrative practice research including but not limited to, those relative to evaluating whole practices, whole systems, patient- centered approaches and health outcomes.

EP4. Analyze the research base within one’s own discipline and demonstrate how the evidence informs clinical decision-making including benefits vs risks in integrative health care practice.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Summarize steps of the evidence-informed practice cycle

2. Describe the history and foundational principles of evidence-informed practice

3. Analyze barriers to EIP integration in midwifery and other integrative health disciplines

4. Explain the importance of EIP for midwifery practice and clinical decision-making

5. Theorize the role of EIP in interprofessional relationships and best practice implementation

6. Summarize techniques for research knowledge translation with clients

7. Explain the role of EIP in shared decision-making and informed consent/choice frameworks

8. Describe common methodologies in qualitative and quantitative research

9. Critically appraise various types of research design in terms of methodological strengths and weaknesses

10. Identify the strength of evidence pyramid and its use in clinical decision-making

11. Utilize effectively online and local sources for engaging research evidence during clinical care

12. Discuss basic statistical methods

13. Perform a primary search of the literature

14. Formulate a clinical question using a PICO framework

15. Apply research evidence in combination with client values/context and midwifery clinical expertise to create an informed care plan

ASSIGNMENTS:

Papers:

• Common Clinical Practices

• Challenges to EIP

Case Study:

• 2.1

Presentation:

• Shared Decision-Making and Rates of TOLAC