Psychotherapists are taught that when a client expresses resistance repeatedly, they must understand and address its underlying sources. Yet proponents of evidence-based practice (EBP) have routinely ignored the root causes of many clinical psychologists' reservations concerning the use of scientific evidence to inform clinical practice. As a consequence, much of the resistance to EBP persists,...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to assess potential differences between administrators/policymakers and those involved in direct practice regarding factors believed to be barriers or facilitating factors to evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation in a large public mental health service system in the United States. METHODS Participants included mental health system county officials,...

143 Editorial The evidence-based practice (EBP) movement has gained ground steadily in physiotherapy over the past decade. Influential researchers and clinicians have argued that physiotherapists have a moral and professional obligation to move away from assessment and treatment methods based on anecdotal testimonies or opinion (Grimmer-Somers 2007). However, the growing volume of high-quality ...

PURPOSE I respond to Kamhi's (2011) conclusion in his article "Balancing Certainty and Uncertainty in Clinical Practice" that rational or critical thinking is an essential complement to evidence-based practice (EBP). METHOD I expand on Kamhi's conclusion and briefly describe what clinicians might need to know to think critically within an EBP profession. Specifically, I suggest how critical t...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an expected approach to improving the quality of patient care and service delivery in health care systems internationally that is yet to be realized. Given the current evidence-practice gap, numerous authors describe barriers to achieving EBP. One recurrently identified barrier is the setting or context of practice, which is likewise cited as a potent...

Purpose: Evidence-based practice (EBP) has increasingly become a part of social work education, but there is lack knowledge about students’ attitudes toward it. This study evaluated Norwegian research-supported treatments (RSTs).Method: Attitudes were measured with the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale-36 (EBPAS-36), validated measure including 12 subscales.Results: The findings suggest th...

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has emerged as a marker for health care quality. However, several barriers prevent the transition of nursing research to practice, such as lack of knowledge, lack of time, and little perceived value. The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the extent of current understanding of EBP, knowledge/skills, and attitudes among registered nurses in an urban Mi...

Adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) is an increasingly advocated yet formidable challenge. Much work on EBP has implied simplistic solutions: if researchers would produce practice-relevant evidence-based approaches, practitioners would find, adopt, and use them. Blaming researchers for problems in supply, and practitioners for resistance in adoption, will only thwart progress at improving...

Purpose: This study describes physiotherapists’ self-reported attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and barriers to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Methodology: In a cross-sectional online survey, practising physiotherapists were invited fill Google form with Likert scales, which measured the required components. Descriptive chi-square tests performed analyse data. Results: The majority of 108 particip...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effect of the integration of evidence-based medicine (EBM) into medical curriculum by measuring undergraduate medical students' EBM knowledge, attitudes, personal application, and anticipated future use. METHODS A self-controlled trial was conducted with 251 undergraduate students at a Chinese Military Medical University, using a validated questionnaire regarding th...