- to understand the usefulness of research and methods in the scientific literature - to develop clear and well-defined clinical questions - to carry out bibliographic searches within the main databases - to recognize different study designs, their structuring and analysis - to set up a presentation/ scientific paper
Course Prerequisites
Not required
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures, computer lab exercises, individual / group work to read and analyze scientific articles
Assessment Methods
Oral exam in group
Contents
Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine / Physiotherapy Clinical question and Anatomy of research Databases and practice (Pubmed-PEDro-Cochrane) Guidelines-recommendations and good practices Reading and critical appraisal of scientific papers (RCT, Reviews and Obsservational studies)
