Population and Sampling
• Critically appraise a scientific publication for its strengths and weaknesses and
its relevance to the
research question
• Identify the possible impact of all other factors that are to be taken into
consideration when seeking to implement evidence into health
management practice Population and Sampling
• Understand the meaning of knowledge and evidence and how this relates to
the ‘accepted’ knowledge base and to one’s own decision making
• Identify the role of the level of evidence managers required according to
the different types of decisions that managers make
• Introduce the approaches to communicating evidence–based
medicine/science with your staff and patient populations
