BSRC 375 - Evidenced-Based Medicine in Respiratory Care

3 units
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite:

Admission to El Camino College Respiratory Care BS Program
Eligibility for RCP license in California:

Graduation from a CoARC accredited Respiratory Care Program
A.S. degree from an accredited Community College
Completion of the 39 required CSU-GE Transfer Pattern units (IGETC)

Credit, degree applicable
This course addresses the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in respiratory care. EBM is used so that respiratory care practitioners can make “conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence” in their everyday practice. The student will use the process of evidence synthesis which is using systematic reviews of the medical literature to evaluate the best evidence on specific respiratory care issues. Then, using the concept of knowledge translation, develop clinical practice procedures from the selected treatment options for specific respiratory care cases based on the best research, patient preferences and individual patient characteristics.