Evidence based Examination

Using evidence to guide your examination

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Within one’s examination we want to select diagnostic tests/outcome measures to:

Optimal study design

When searching for studies to answer your clinical question, study design depends on type of psychometric property evaluated

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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

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