Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that integrates the conscientious use of best evidence in combination with a clinician’s expertise and patient preferences and values regarding decisions about patient care (Melnyk & FineoutOverholt, 2005). As depicted in Figure 1, developing an EBP program requires six integral steps. Once a problem is identified ...

OBJECTIVE The research assessed online learning modules designed to teach health professions students evidence-based practice (EBP) principles in an interprofessional context across two institutions. METHODS Students from nine health professions at two institutions were recruited to participate in this pilot project consisting of two online learning modules designed to prepare students for an...

In healthcare, evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates clinical expertise with the best available external evidence from systematic research. Yet even with the aid of technology, implementation of EBP in many settings remains a challenge due in part to the complexity of the healthcare system and the lack of a strong theoretical and analytical foundation to guide implementation efforts. This pa...

Changing Practice and the Bedside Nurse: The EvidenceBased Practice Perspective Florence Nightingale, an early user of evidence-based data, asked important clinical questions and changed practices that had contributed to high mortality rates. During the Crimean War, she collected data on infection rates, changed practices, and substantially decreased mortality rates. In the twenty-first century...

BACKGROUND Health care educators need valid and reliable tools to assess evidence based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills. Such instruments have yet to be developed for use among physical therapists. The Fresno Test (FT) has been validated only among general practitioners and occupational therapists and does not assess integration of research evidence with patient perspectives and clinical ex...

BACKGROUND Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) has been widely used by health professionals. However, no study in Brazil has investigated the data regarding the knowledge and difficulties related to EBP from a representative sample of physical therapists. OBJECTIVE To identify behavior, knowledge, skills, resources, opinions and perceived barriers of Brazilian physical therapists from the state of ...

OBJECTIVES This study assesses social workers' orientation toward the evidence-based practice (EBP) process and explores which specific variables (e.g. age) are associated. METHODS Data were collected from 341 Dutch social workers through an online survey which included a Dutch translation of the EBP Process Assessment Scale (EBPPAS), along with 13 background/demographic questions. RESULTS ...

The integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) in human service organizations has increased during the last decade. Providing best possible treatment by applying research and considering client’s specific needs, EBP is recommended for organizations. However, due to its oftentimes manual-based format, critics claim that a result focus on cost-efficiency, control, standardization work. Differen...

In today’s environment of progressively evolving and expensive imaging modalities, radiologists are asked to justify the use of resources to patients, referring physicians, hospital management, and third party payers. With this aim, the radiologist may use “top-down” or “bottom-up” “evidence-based practice” (EBP) techniques. “Top-down” suggests that the practitioner should wait until a higher a...

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is integral in the health care system whether in developed or developing countries. Thus, all health professionals need to be trained in EBP. An EBP training program was conducted to health professionals in a developing country, the Philippines. The health professionals (medical doctors and allied health professionals [physical therapists and occupational therapist...