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CAHE's Allied Health Textbook

 

Practical tips in finding the evidence:
An Allied Health primer

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                           Image of the front cover of the CAHE textbook: Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer

Written by 22 authors from Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand, this innovative textbook is a unique product from the Centre for Allied Health Evidence, a University of South Australia research centre.
This textbook empowers allied health clinicians in sourcing and implementing research evidence into their clinical practice. It has universal application across any medical field or industry, as the procedures for accessing evidence-based information translate across all arenas.

Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence is a step by step guide for clinicians and students. Readers will be guided through the following processes:

These techniques can be applied to any clinical case, at any time, by any student or allied health clinician, using freely available research literature sources.

CAHE Textbook Summary: Practical tips in finding the evidence: An Allied Health Primer

CAHE's new Allied Health textbook is receiving reviews around the world. 

From The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice (IJAHSP) (Vol 7 No 2), Dr Guy Nehrenz states:

This [CAHE] text brings evidence to the front lines of practice and describes the methods in a way that clinicians will find invaluable.

The Hon John Hill MP, Minister for Health (SA), stated at the official launch of the CAHE textbook on 26 March 2009:

This [CAHE Textbook] book addresses a gap in the current literature base as it provides a how-to-do it which guides readers through every step. It is easy to read, and has been designed as a practical aid to assist allied health students, clinicians, managers and researchers across 12 allied and complementary health disciplines to find the evidence.

Associate Professor Andrea Bialocerkowski, Program Head, Physiotherapy, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, stated

This textbook is a an extremely useful text for not only students but for busy allied health clinicians. It goes beyond the content of standard evidence-based practice texts, by demonstrating how the principles of evidence-based practice (searching, appraising and synthesising research evidence) can be used in the clinical setting to guide patient treatment. I therefore highly recommend this text.

When asked to write the forward for Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer, Nova Southeastern University’s Professor of Health Science Guy M Nehrenz stated:
 

The University of South Australia and the Centre for Allied Health Evidence are at the forefront of research into the evidence supporting the effectiveness of allied health treatment and therapeutics. The authors have compiled what I believe to be a global interdisciplinary teaching tool that will be used in many universities and medical venues. This text brings evidence to the front lines of practice and describes the methods in a way that clinicians will find invaluable. The methods described will begin to break down the walls with a step-by-step guide to challenging the status quo.
 

Order your copy of Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer: Only $22
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What is evidence-based practice?


Evidence-based practice (EBP) is defined as the meticulous, overt and astute use of current best evidence in making decisions regarding the care of patients.  The importance of evidence-based practice in health care has been recognised since the early 1990s.

Positive impacts of evidence-based practice in clinical practice:

• Optimise patient outcomes
• Reduce treatment variability and poor quality care
• Improve patient safety
 

Many allied health practitioners are familiar with the concept, but many questions remain, such as:

• How do we conduct the research?
• How do we look at the strength of the evidence?
• How do we determine the validity and importance of the information?

Best-practices and standards of care are often discussed, but the origins of these standards remain a mystery. Many clinicians are unable to access the necessary training to interpret the findings in literature, resulting in the standards continuing to be unchallenged.

Research demonstrates that allied health practitioners can be inclined to use treatments that they believe are successful the majority of the time, or those we learned from our mentors. It is possible, however, to lose track of instances in which certain therapeutics fell short.

So how do we change our methods of practice? We do this through evidence and research, and by using the individual and interdisciplinary expertise of clinicians. We build a case and set out to prove or disprove the current thinking. As allied health continues to move forward, evidence for what we do and how we do it becomes even more critical.
 

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