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MFM5005

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 11 May 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitDepartment of General Practice
OfferedNotting Hill First semester 2015 (Online)
Notting Hill Second semester 2015 (Online)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Peter Schattner

Synopsis

This unit will help clarify what evidence based practice (EBP) is, especially in the general practice setting. The unit aims to enhance student skills in finding and applying the latest research evidence. This includes searching evidence databases on the internet, and critically appraising the information retrieved. The course has been written on the assumption that participants have not previously studied research methods or clinical epidemiology, although either of these would be helpful.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Describe the role and limitations of research evidence in clinical practice
  2. Formulate a well structured question that arises from clinical practice
  3. Search for evidence based answers to questions, especially via electronic resources
  4. Appraise the relevance and validity of the evidence that was found by the search
  5. Apply the evidence to individual patients taking into account their values and the available resources
  6. Apply evidence based practice skills to improve the quality of clinical practice.

Assessment

Assignment 1: Looking for evidence (1,000 words) (30%)
Assignment 2: Appraising the evidence (1,000 words) (30%)
Assignment 3: Applying the evidence (1,500 words) (40%)

Workload requirements

Online course. 10 hours per weekly session. This takes into account the three assignments, which will take approximately 3 hours each.

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Peter Schattner

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Family medicine

Co-requisites

MFM4000, MFM5004.