"Evidence based practice (EBP) has become the standard in health care practice today. Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals covers the fundamentals of applying medical evidence to clinical practice and discussing research findings with patients and fellow professionals. This essential text explains the basic concepts of EBP, its applications in health care, and how to interpret biostatistics and biomedical research. With examples derived from multiple health professions, Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals teaches the skills needed to access and interpret research in order to successfully apply it to collaborative, patient-centered health care decisions. Students gain valuable practice with skill-building learning activities, such as explaining the evidence for treatments to patients, developing a standard of care, selecting a diagnostic tool, and designing community-based educational materials. Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals also helps prepare students to communicate knowledgeably with members of interprofessional healthcare teams as well as with pharmaceutical sales representatives"-- Provided by publisher.

What evidence-based practice is and why it matters -- Healthcare research methods -- Formulating focused questions and locating relevant evidence -- Appraisal, decision-making and evaluation -- Interpreting research methods and results -- Epidemiology in evidence-based practice -- Evidence-based practice in assessment and diagnosis -- Evidence-based practice in treatment, harm, and prevention -- Evidence-based practice and health produce marketing -- Health communications with patient and population-centered care, decision-makers, and technology.