The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Overview of Group Studies of Treatment Adapted from Gallin & Ognibene (2007). A straightforward challenge in logical conclusion Events, e.g., Death Disease state Successful treatment outcome Return
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. The Logic of a Staged System of Clinical Research Let’s examine the fundamental logic underpinning a staged system of clinical research (that is easily applied to patient-oriented
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Precision and Accuracy Adapted from Hulley, et al. (2007) . Just about every statistic (descriptive and inferential) is an expression of a basic ratio. In the numerator
Evidence Based Practice and the Knowledge Transfer Problem Within EBP, knowledge transfer refers to the adoption and usage of evidence — produced through clinical research — by clinical practitioners to influence their clinical decisions and actions. Challenges to successful knowledge
The following slides accompanied a presentation delivered at ASHA’s Clinical Practice Research Institute. Data speak, not men… “Designs have inherent rigor but not all studies using a design are rigorous” — Randy; yesterday “Illusion of strong evidence…”– Gilbert, McPeek &
ASHA publishes four peer-reviewed scholarly journals and one peer-reviewed scholarly review journal pertaining to the general field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) and to the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. These journals are the American Journal of Audiology; American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools; and Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. These journals have the collective mission of disseminating research findings, theoretical advances, and clinical knowledge in CSD.
