Listed from the left to the right: Francis Esperanzate, Jamie Beavis, Nicole Leleblanc, Dana McFadden, Johanthan Tadena, Vangie Saygo, (missing as she had to go take care of her little one and skipped out before photo, Pam Carhill), Servero Siasoyco, Janice Mariano, Laurie Allen, Rose Diaz, and June Valdez. There were a total of twelve of us that met on a Wednesday evening at Shirley's for our first Evidence-Based Practice Journal Club meeting. We had one individual that could not come and there are several other physical therapists on island that we are just becoming aware of to invite to our monthly club discussion group. If there are other physical therapists interested in joining our group please e-mail me at saipanpt@yahoo.com.
Our first clinical question (CQ), based on the PICO Model of asking clinical questions, was: For the child with spina bifida, when using seating cushions for the prevention of pressure sores, does the gel cushion or the pneumatic cushion provide the most affordable as well as effective source for pressure sore prevention?
Our search for research data on our clinical question was difficult as we did not find any data based on our specific question. We did however find a Cochrane Wounds Group with an abstract that searched for data for effectiveness of beds, mattresses, mattress overlays, and seating cushions for the prevention of pressure ulcers in any patient group. We decided to divide up the study and broaden our clinical question. We also found an research article on using polyurethane foam or Jay (R) cushion.
Several members of the group are going to be off island until September 16 so our next meeting will follow that date and an e-mail will go out announcing the next get-together. I want to thank all of you who participated and it was great meeting some of you for the first time. I think we had an excellent showing and the group came up with great CQ's. Thank you for the assistance in finding research data which helped the evening roll along smoothly as we kept it under two hours. (and we ate!)
Laurie Allen
2 comments:
Hi everyone!
Laurie, you mispelled my name, it's Jonathan, but it's ok. I hope to see you all again!
Hi Jonathan,
I struggled with your name as I thought to spell it Jonathan and even spell check said I was wrong to spell the way I did, however I was thinking it could be an exotic version of Jonathan that I had typed in my address book. ;o)
Sorry
Laurie
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