This course is the first of a series of two courses on Evidence Based Practice for physical therapy and athletic training students. It is designed to develop essential skills for conducting evidence-based practice. There are about three forms of evidence supporting clinical practice, that is, 1)experience from clinical practice, 2) patient values and goals, and 3) the evidence that comes from the research literature. It takes skill combining these sources of evidence into effective and efficient physical therapy and athletic training practice. This course enhances the student's ability to formulate answerable clinical questions, search relevant research literature, and analyze the validity of the outcomes reported in these studies. Literature addressing clinical issues of intervention, diagnosis, and prognosis will be used througout to illustrate the arguments.