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Evidence-Based Practice Approach Over Three Visits in the Management
of a Patient with Tibio-Femoral Osteoarthritis: A Case Study
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Sjaan R. Gomersall, BPhysio(Hons)1
Maureen P. McEvoy, MAppSc(Physio), DipTech(Physio)2
- 4th Year Physiotherapy Student, University of South
Australia
- Lecturer, PhD Candidate, School of Health Sciences,
University of South Australia
Australia
CITATION:
Gomersall, SR, McEvoy, MP.
Evidence-based practice approach over three visits in the management of a
patient with tibio-femoral osteoarthritis: A case study. The Internet
Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. April 2009, Volume 7 Number
2.
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ABSTRACT
Supervised training is essential for developing an
evidence-based practice (EBP) approach for future health care
clinicians. While the skills associated with asking a research
question, accessing databases for best research evidence (BRE), and
appraising this evidence can be taught in the classroom, the
day-to-day application into patient management needs to be taught,
and there is a lack of best practice models for this. This case
study of a patient with osteoarthritis of the knee demonstrates over
a series of three clinic visits how EBP can be used as a framework
for guiding assessment and management from the perspective of a
final year physiotherapy student. |
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Keywords
and terms: evidence-based practice, tibio-femoral
osteoarthritis, case study, student perspective |
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