PHTY305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Medical Guideline, Editorial Independence, Rigour
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Increase in literature difficult to keep up with provide summaries of high quality research: linked with development of ebp, government calls for consistency of care, patient request for information about treatment options. Appraising a clinical guideline: who developed the guideline. Importance of having representatives from different backgrounds: how were the recommendations developed. Based on up to date and high quality systematic reviews. Different clinical questions need different research designs. Recommendations for practice: consideration of benefit and harm. Judgement made about what evidence means for patients. Relative value placed on outcome: quality of evidence. High - further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the rx effect. Moderate - further research is likely to have an impact on our confidence in the rx effect and may change estimate. Low - further research is very likely to have an impact on our confidence in the rx effect and is likely to change estimate.
