Evidence based Examination
Using evidence to guide your examination
Within one’s examination we want to select diagnostic tests/outcome measures to:
- Rule in/out a diagnosis
- Reliably measure severity of impairment, functional limitation, or disability
- Detect meaningful change (for goal setting)
- Accurately determine prognosis
Optimal study design
When searching for studies to answer your clinical question, study design depends on type of psychometric property evaluated
Search helper
Use the term for the psychometric property itself instead of using search terms for study design
Rule in / Rule out
Diagnostic validity Diagnostic accuracy, etc
Reliably measure severity
Detect meaningful change
Detect clinically meaningful chane over time for goal setting
Prognosis
To determine prognosis, cliniciancs should find a reliable indicator to measure prognosis
Citation
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Evidence based
Examination. https://yomokerst.com/The
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Model/examination_questions_EBP.html