Applying the evidence

Format: 2-3 Peoples' outcomes should be analyzed in their original groups

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Language/s: 3-6 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Target Audience: 3-2 Are you very different from the people studied?

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3-3 Are the treatments practical in your setting?

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Short Description:

Six key slides produced by the University of Western Australia on applying evidence in practice.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-3 Association is not the same as causation
• 2-7 All should be followed up
• 2-13 Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-14 Average measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-15 Fair comparisons with few people or outcome events can be misleading

Details

This resource on applying evidence in practice has been produced by the University of Western Australia.

Introduction

Even if research evidence has internal validity, it often applies to the ‘ideal’ patient who has been selected for a clinical trial, and estimates an ‘average’ benefit for that patient. However, to decide whether you can apply that evidence to your patient, you must consider:

• that individual’s characteristics, preferences, values
• the environment in which you practice
• the practitioner’s expertise and familiarity with an intervention

You are now looking at external validity.

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