EBP Padlet by

Introduction

romanog1 — 2025-10-12 21:33:30 UTC

This course has taught me how to break down a research article and determine if it is reliable and valid. I learned how to figure out what PICO question is being answered, but also if the study is accurately answering this question in many different ways. I feel that when I was reading research before, I was just skimming through it and missing the important parts and the relevance of the study itself. Now, I am able to break down all parts of the study, including finding the PICO question, analyzing the P value, figuring out what kind of study it is, looking to see if the participants and researchers were all blinded or if there was bias, and interpreting the results of the study. I feel this class has made me more comfortable in reading a research article as I am not just skimming through it, I am looking for specific things in it that help me determine if I believe the study is valid and relevant.

Personal Learning Experience

romanog1 — 2025-10-12 21:39:34 UTC

In the beginning of the course, I wasn't sure what Evidence Based Practice even meant or why it was relevant for our career. Throughout the course, I realized that as a collective, the more research we are able to base our clinical practice on, the better we will be as clinicians. Research may not be something that everyone is interested in, but it is definitely necessary for all professions as this is concrete evidence that may change the way the medicine is practiced. I enjoyed learning about what a PICO question was how to find it in the research study. I think this is crucial because it is what makes the whole study valid or not. I was able to apply all of the concepts that we learned to the research that I have conducted in the past to think about if it was a valid study or not.

Application of EBP

romanog1 — 2025-10-12 21:54:16 UTC

In my future practice, I will use EBP to even if I am not conducting an actual research study. Every patient I see and every outcome of my patients is research in itself. I will use all of the different tacts that I learned in the clinic to make sure that every time I diagnose an injury and every time I record a different outcome, it is clinically significant based on other research and other findings. For example, I would want to make sure I am not doing a modality on someone who has neurological damage because research says that it will not produce the outcome I want it to. I can even go as far as looking into other research similar to what my patients present with, especially if it is something I am unfamiliar with such as spina bifida. This will help me become a better clinician because I will be prioritizing my patients and their personal needs. Potential challenges could include not being able to find a lot of research accomplishing what I want to do. For example, if I wanted to know if aquatic therapy will help my patient with Spina Bifida, but I can't find a research article about it, I will either have to try it for myself to see if there are significant results, or do something else that I already know there is research on. Critical appraisal is essential because it will help to explain if the research you are looking into is valid or not, and relevant to what you are looking for. Being able to break apart a research study helps to determine if whatever your patient presents with reaches the same goal that you are looking to achieve.

Impact on Professional Development

romanog1 — 2025-10-12 21:58:41 UTC

I have learned how to critically appraise any research article that I am looking at. I feel this will help me as a clinician because I can now use research to my advantage when coming up with a diagnosis or treatment plan where I couldn't use it before. I knew how to read a research article but I didn't know what I was looking for when it came to validity and a study's relevance. I couldn't have used research to my advantage before because I didn't know how to apply it to clinical practice, but now that I know what to look for in a research study, I feel like I can use research to my advantage to potentially advance my treatments in the clinic.