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Introduction to Evidence-Based Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:11.04.2024 10:27:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_057 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Midwifery | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilona Zariņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Philosophy and medical ethics, propaedeutics, an introduction to the library to use, medical terminology in a foreign language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and promote skills to analyse, evaluate and interpret scientific studies of the evidence in substantiation of care solutions to the problems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The nature, glossary and important aspects of evidence-based practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Research and its types in health care. Limitations on obtaining the evidence. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Levels of research evidence and recommendations in health care. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Finding and selecting evidence-based practice information across resources. Critical evaluation of information. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Basic stages of evidence-based medicine as a method. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Seminar on EBP application; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Seminar on formulation of research topic and research question; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Seminar on PICO establishment; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Seminar on PICO question formulation; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 10 | Seminar on the formulation of key words; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 11 | Seminar on the credibility and quality of the evidence; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 12 | Seminar on the end result used in biomedical research expressions and modifications; students' individually and independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion and reflection of the process. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 13 | Seminar on ethical aspects of scientific evidence use in practice; students' individually and independently prepared presentations on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 14 | Seminar on scientific evidence presentation; students' independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Seminar on scientific evidence communicating evidence with patients and other healthcare professionals; students' individually and independently prepared presentation on a selected, specific topic, discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 16 | Students' individually and independently prepared presentations on a selected, specific topic, discussion and reflection of the process. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Work in small groups and individually. • In classroom: seminar on choice of the theme and formulation of the question, discussion. • Independent work: searching, finding and describing scientific evidence. • In classroom: presentation of individual work. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative assessment, which is formed during the course by preparing two independent works according to the specified requirements, presenting them in classes and adding them to the created task in the e-study portal within a certain period. Evaluation criteria: 1. Evaluation is done with a mark in a 10-point system, where the lowest successful rating is 4 points. 2. Two independently prepared and presented presentations during the course. 3. In order to receive a successful (4-9 points) evaluation of the written presentation of the permanent work at the end of the course, you must attend all classes (if the classes are organized remotely, the camera is turned off during the class and failure to answer the questions is considered truancy), you must complete the independent work during the course within the specified period and must contain the following points fully fulfilled: • Selection and description of the problem in the form of a table and justification using scientific sources of information, which are presented as references; • PICO formula and PICO question, according to the proposed problem; • Comparable interventions selected in the PICO formula are based on scientific information in the table; • Keywords related to PICO formulations (Latvian, English); • Description of the process of searching and finding evidence - used scientific databases; • Summary of evidence (in Latvian) for four scientific publications, which includes sufficient information about the author(s) of the publication and its title (original), year, purpose, conclusions; scientific publications from the evidence-based scientific databases subscribed to by RSU are considered evidence; • The answer to the PICO question is related to the patient, problem, selected interventions and their comparison; • The paper and references are designed according to the requirements - table format for the description of the problem, the used references are designed according to RSU methodological instructions (see bibliography), PICO formula, question, keywords, description of evidence and answer, uniform letter size and font are used, the work does not contain grammar and stylistic errors, scientific and medical terms explained. The final (exam) assessment consists of: attendance - 10%, 1st PICO work - 30%, 2nd PICO work - 60%. In order to receive an excellent (10 points) assessment in the exam, the student must qualitatively and quantitatively fulfill the requirements in the performance of the work, demonstrate competence in the presentation of the problem, the collection of evidence and the answer: only the latest information from scientific publications (from the evidence-based scientific databases subscribed to RSU) must be used, the description of the problem must include appropriate information and accurately describe the compared interventions, accurately create the PICO formula, question and key words, explain medical terms, describe six (6) recent pieces of evidence, each of which contains useful information for the answer, answer the PICO question correctly and in a focused manner. The work must be designed in accordance with the above-mentioned requirements, it must be grammatically and stylistically appropriate in Latvian, except for the titles of publications, which do not need to be translated. If works are submitted later than the deadline, the grade is reduced by one point. If the work does not meet the specified criteria, the grade is reduced. Late classes must be made up individually by agreement with the lecturer. The student adds the completed independent work to the created task on the e-study portal within the deadline specified for the study course. The task is supported by the Turnitin program. Students agree that, as part of the course, all submitted work will be subjected to a textual comparison with Turnitin.com to check that the submitted work is not plagiarized. All submitted articles will be listed as sources in the Turnitin.com reference database with one goal - to detect plagiarism. Use of Turnitin.com services is subject to the Usage Policy, which can be found on the Turnitin.com website. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Acquired basic knowledge and understanding of evidence-based care concept, importance, opportunities and sources. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to find and evaluate scientific evidence studies, accordingly present them and communicate about them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon the acquisition of the study course, students develop the competence to assess the scientific evidence of care, taking into account the health care context, integrating and using skills, knowledge and attitudes appropriate for the situation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Veselības aprūpes sistēma un organizācija un pierādījumos balstīta aprūpe- aprūpes process. Rīga, 2021 | ||||||||
| 2 | Pierādījumos balstītas prakses veicināšana veselības aprūpē. (2012). Mācību materiāls, RSU (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Spila, Daiga. Znotiņa, Inga. Medicīnas informācijas meklēšanas pamatu apgūšana elektroniskajos resursos: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2014. – 71 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Medicīnas informācijas meklēšana elektroniskajos resursos. Mācību materiāls. ESF projekts Nr.9.2.6.0/17/I/001"Ārstniecības unārstniecības atbalsta personāla kvalifikācijas uzlabošana", Rīga, 2019 | ||||||||
| 5 | Behmane D., Dūdele A. Vērtībās balstītas veselības aprūpes koncepcija. RSU Sabiedrības veselības institūta, Rīga, 2022 | ||||||||
| 6 | Atsauču un darbā izmantoto avotu un literatūras saraksta noformēšanas metodiskie norādījumi. RSU, 2016 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Informācijpratības ceļvedis veselības aprūpes zinātnēs | ||||||||
| 2 | Morrell C.J., Sutcliffe P., Booth A., et al. A systematic review, evidence synthesis and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies evaluating the clinical effectiveness, the cost-effectiveness, safety and acceptability of interventions to prevent postnatal depression. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2016 May. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 20.37.) | ||||||||
| 3 | Collins, Sally, and others (eds). Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 4th ed. Oxford Medical Handbooks (Oxford, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Jan. 2023), accessed 2 Jan. 2024. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | ebn.bmj.com/ | ||||||||
