ATR 585 - Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Decision-Making

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

Credits: 3
Hours (Lecture/Discussion/Lab): 3-0-0
Graded: A/F

Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None

This course is designed to help students develop a clear understanding of the use of evidence based practice concepts in healthcare so that they may deliver the most effective patient care in the field. Students will engage in class activities that require them to search the literature for the most up to date, effective clinical practices and learn how to evaluate the research to determine and apply such concepts as specificity, sensitivity, diagnostic accuracy, clinical prediction rules, etc.