Promoting Evidence-Based Education: The Role of Practitioners Round table presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, Cardiff University, 7-10 September 2000 Robert Coe, Carol Fitz-Gibbon and Peter Tymms Curriculum, Evaluation and Management Centre, Durham University Mountjoy Research Centre 4, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3UZ Tel: 0191 374 4504; Fax: 0191 374 1900; Email: r.j.coe@dur.ac.uk http://www.cem.dur.ac.uk/ebeuk Abstract
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sleep and promote sleep hygiene and positive coping strategies during pain episodes. Graves, J. K., & Jacob, E. (2014). Pain, Coping, and Sleep in Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease. Journal Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 27(3), 109-120 12p. doi:10.1111/jcap.12077 Systematic review: Hydroxyurea for the treatment of adults with sickle cell disease Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hydroxyurea is the only approved drug for treatment of sickle cell disease. OBJECTIVE:
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Evidence Based: For me to step forward with my destination, I had to ensure that my target was being supported by the best available evidence to attain success in reaching my goal. As a practicing healthcare professional, I was able to identify and narrow my search to the best available evidence that supported my strategies. I had to face the hard facts about what worked and didn’t work. I ensured myself that I had an understanding of the dangers in half-truth that constitute to conventional
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Keywords: Health related behaviour, brief intervention, alcohol, stages of change, intervention mapping. ABSTRACT The health of people depends widely on their behaviour. Targeting unhealthy behaviours depends upon a number of factors since the health practitioner needs to take into account the beliefs, the intensity of the unhealthy behaviour, an individual’s readiness to change in order to design an appropriate intervention to help the individuals understand the risks of that particular behaviour
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analysis, conclusion and an action plan (Gibbs 1988). The model will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thought, relating theory to practice where the model allows. Discussion will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the clinical skill. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss my reflection skills, acknowledge my competence and show my personal and professional development. The clinical skill I have chosen to reflect on within
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Johnson and Johnson vs. Pzifer (Technology) According to my research, Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is the trend in health care that keeps growing. EBM experts compare available clinical evidence for various treatments that may be used in a disease, determine the best standard care (based on the comparison), and apply the “best” standard to care for patients. Evidence-Based Medicine aims for helping health care providers decide which patient should get which treatment, and under what circumstances
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Oxford q Critical appraisal is the process of systematically examining research evidence to assess its validity, results and relevance before using it to inform a decision. q Critical appraisal is an essential part of evidence-based clinical practice that includes the process of systematically finding, appraising and acting on evidence of effectiveness. q Critical appraisal allows us to make sense of research evidence and thus begins to close the gap between research and practice. q Randomised controlled
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postoperative complications (O) when compared to the standard protocol for this patient population (C). This question was utilized to guide preliminary and subsequent literature searches; upon a cursory review of the literature and finding no evidence-based guidelines for early mobilization of patients, this author determined that the PICO question
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trust it? Isaac Lynn Abstract Autism interventions are loudly proclaimed to be effective, yet evidence-based research is often non-existent. In the absence of quality research, interventions such as the most widely utilized in autism, ABA, is touted to be absolutely effective and possibly the only answer for gains to be made in changing autism. Unfortunately
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Evidence-based management is the translation of principles based on best evidence into organizational practice. Evidence-based management is about bringing rationality to the decision- making processes. One can improve their decision making on evidence-based management and business analytics a number of ways. First, by seeing yourself and the company as outsiders see you. Many managers are disrupted by optimism and look at their talents and their own views for success. When we as managers see ourselves
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