Research Utilization Project: Evidence Based Decision Making in Health Care: Integrating Knowledge into Advanced Practice

Graduate

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to identify and use best evidence in advanced practice roles. The course focuses on developing a relevant evidence-based practice question, and searching appropriate evidence resources. Frameworks for the critical appraisal of quantitative and qualitative studies will be critiqued. Learning is facilitated through seminars, and workshops to address a question emerging from their own practice. Issues related to influencing practice, and health outcomes through evidence, at the level of the individual practitioner and the health care organization are addressed. (Prerequisite: Enrolled in Ontario Nurse Practitioner Education Consortium (ONPEC) program)