General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Sara González Millán

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 3

Teaching staff: 

Vanesa Rodriguez Salés

Teaching languages


  • English

The subject is taught in English in its entirety. All assignments must be submitted in this language

Skills


Basic skills
  • B1 Demonstrate knowledge in a field of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the vanguard of his field of study.

  • B5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Specific skills
  • E15_F Participate in the development of physiotherapy care protocols based on scientific evidence, encouraging professional activities that stimulate research in physiotherapy

     

  • E17_F Understand the importance of updating the knowledge, skills and abilities and attitudes that make up the professional competencies of the physiotherapist

     

Transversal competences
  • T1_F Acquire the ability to communicate in a foreign language and work in an international context

     

  • T2_F Demonstrate ability to organize and plan

     

  • T3_F The student must be able to develop skills in interpersonal relationships and be able to work within an intra and interdisciplinary team

     

Description


The World Confederation of Physiotherapy (ER-WCPT) defines Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (FBE) as “a commitment to use the greatest scientific evidence available in the clinical decision-making about the care of an individual and that integrates the in turn, both the knowledge acquired during professional practice and that obtained through systematic research in a given field. This concept, derived in turn from Evidence-Based Medicine, aims to integrate within the usual clinical practice of physiotherapists the theoretical-practical knowledge acquired through professional experience with current scientific evidence in relation to the techniques and therapies used in physiotherapy and the preferences and specific characteristics of each patient with the ultimate goal of providing our patients / subjects with the best possible care.

The aim of this subject is to continue to delve into the concepts learned in the subject ofEvidence Based Seminar as well as expanding other concepts related to the FBE. The purpose of this follow-up will be to provide the student with work tools that he can use both in his future professional life and in future research projects such as the Final Degree Project.

Learning outcomes


  • Acquires evidence-based physiotherapy criteria, critical analysis of knowledge
  • Acquires and masters English applied to the sciences of health and physical activity
  • Understand the importance of reasoning based on scientific evidence. Justification of the interventions based on the evidence that supports them.
  • Analyze the results of published evidence. It determines their degree of validity and applicability in the environment in which they must develop their intervention.
  • Apply the method of evidence-based medicine to the various fields of health sciences and physical activity: search in scientific databases, critical analysis of studies, drawing conclusions for their clinical applicability
  • It incorporates the communication and dissemination of results as part of the therapeutic intervention process
  • It incorporates English as a language for learning and disseminating scientific knowledge. Use in inter-professional communication.

     

Working methodology


Masterly 25
Work in group 8
Group tutoring 1,5
Individual work 3
Personal study 37,5

 

 

Contents


- How to write a protocol: intervention project or systematic review

- Scientific communication: written and oral

- Contribution of authorship, intellectual property and other concepts in evidence base.

- Journal Club

 

 

Learning activities


The teaching methodology that will be used in this subject consists of:

  • Plenary sessions: master classes with the help of multimedia support and interactive platforms.
  • Classroom activities: resolution of different types of exercises proposed by the teacher, application of various clinical cases.
  • Debate - discussion: discussion sessions between students with the teacher's guide: Journal Club
  • Self-employment: Readings of recommended texts, articles, questionnaires, etc.

Evaluation system


This subject will be evaluated as follows:

Evaluation activity

Ponderación

 Final individual work

50%

 Group work

20%

 Participation in classroom activities

10%

 Discussion participation

20%

 

Evaluation activity in recovery period

Ponderación

Competences evaluated

 Final individual work

50%

     

To pass the subject it is necessary to obtain one rating of 5/10 to the individual and global work of the subject

According to current regulations, only those students who have obtained a grade of suspense to individual work during the ordinary period. Failure to present the individual work implies suspending the subject and taking it again next year. The activities corresponding to the continuous evaluation (group work, participation in the classroom and discussion) They are NOT recoverable.

According to the qualification system (Royal Decree 1125/2003, of 5 September, which establishes the European credit system and the system of qualifications in university degrees of an official nature and valid throughout the state), the final grades will be established as follows:

0 - 4,9: Suspension (SS)

5,0 - 6,9: Approved (AP)

7,0 - 8,9: Notable (NT)

9,0 - 10: Excellent (SB)

 

REFERENCES


Basic

Robert Herbert Gro Jamtvedt Judy Mead Kåre Birger Hagen; Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (2nd edition). Elsevier 2005

Complementary

Elena D. Kallestinova. How to write your first Scientific Paper. Yale J Biol Med. 2011 Sep; 84 (3): 181–190.

Center for Evidence-Based Medicine. https://www.cebm.net/

 

Transparent Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes. http://www.prisma-statement.org/

Straus SE., Richardson WS, Glasziou P, Haynes RB. Evidence-based medicine. How to practice and teach the MBA (3rd edition). Elsevier 2006

Evidence-based Medical Toolbox. https://ebm-tools.knowledgetranslation.net/syllabi/physiotherapy-practice

Students for Best Evidence: https://www.students4bestevidence.net

Transparent Reporting of Trials: http://www.consort-statement.org/consort-2010

Strobe Statement. https://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=strobe-home