Question

The Culture of Healthcare Course Project Evidence-Based Practice Option: 1. Think of a medical question you recently had for yourself, a family member, or a friend. (20 points) a. State the clinical question in an answerable way. b.Identify into which of the four major clinical question categories the question falls (intervention, diagnosis, harm, or prognosis). c. State the best type of evidence you can find to answer the question. d. Select an on-line resource to identify the best evidence to answer the question. e. Find one or more articles or reports that provide evidence to answer the question. f. State what the evidence in this/these article(s) shows and how it can be applied to your question. 2. Consider a question of medical intervention (treatment or prevention). (20 points) a. State the clinical question in an answerable way. b. Identify the best type of evidence you would use to answer the question. c. Find one or more articles or reports that provide evidence to answer the question. d. State what the evidence in this/these article(s) shows and how it can be applied to this question. 3. Think of a common medical question for which there are likely to have been many studies done and a systematic review is likely to exist. (20 points) a. State the clinical question in an answerable way. b. Identify into which of the four major clinical question categories the question falls. c.State the best type of evidence you can find to answer the question. d. Select an on-line resource to identify a systematic review to answer the question. e.Find one or more systematic reviews that provide evidence to answer the question. f. State what the evidence in this/these systematic review(s) shows and how it can be applied to your question.

Answer 1

a. Am I diabetic? /or How do I know whether I have abnormal glucose levels in my blood?

b.Diagnosis

c.My relative is advised to check her blood sugar levels and consult a physician with that. The best way to answer this question is to conduct and RBS AND/OR FBS test and analyze the obtained value. She would be assessed by the physician to understand does she show any of the signs and symptoms of diabetes.

d. The given below is the URL to a reputed website providing accurate information on health topics in simple terms. The link will take the visitor into the diabetes signs and symptoms page.

https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/diabetes-warning-signs#prevention