一、課程簡介:In order to ensure quality patient care, physical therapy service should be based on clinically relevant scientific evidences. The purpose of this course is to equip the students with the ability to practice with the best available evidence. This course is organized as the paired course for the `Physical Therapy Clinical Decision-Making.` Both coursed are required courses for the doctoral students enrolled into the Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy at the National Taiwan University.


二、先修課程: none

三、參考書目:
Bury T, Mead J. Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Therapists. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1998.

Hammell KW, Carpenter C. Qualitative Research in Evidence-Based Rehabilitation. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2004.

Helewa A, Walker JM. Critical Evaluation of Research in Physical Rehabilitation: Towards Evidence-Based Practice. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2000.

Law M. Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice. Thorofare NJ: SLACK, 2002.

Domholdt E. Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005. Chap 5, 10, 12, 23.
Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.

Straus SE, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2005. (mandatory)

APTA Clinical Guidelines.

CSP Clinical Guidelines.