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Course description

Introduction to critical thinking, assessment of relevance and validity of research evidence, and evidence based evaluation of everyday clinical practice. Students will critically appraise research papers, apply research evidence to clinical practice and develop, undertake and evaluate a clinical audit of a specific aspect of their clinical practice. Students commencing in semester 1 enrol in IMED7008 in both semesters 1 and 2 in the same year. Students commencing in semester 2 enrol in IMED7009 in semester 2 of the current year and semester 1 of the following year.