Evidence+based+practice

Evidence Based Practice (n =5)
**Definition 1:** The goal of Evidence-Based Practice is the integration of: (a) clinical expertise/expert opinion, (b) external scientific evidence, and (c) client/patient/caregiver perspectives to provide high-quality services reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices of the individuals we serve. **Source:** American Speech-Language-Hearing Association **Focus:** Healthcare **Date Added:** April 2013

**Definition 2:** Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach to health care wherein health professionals use the best evidence possible, i.e., the most appropriate information available,to make clinical decisions for individual patients. EBP values, enhances, and builds on clinical expertise,knowledge of disease mechanisms,and pathophysiology. It involves complex and conscientious decision-making based not only on the available evidence but also on patient characteristics, situations, and preferences. **Source:** Evidence-based practice (McKibbon, 1998) **Focus:** Healthcare **Date Added:** April 2013

**Definition 3:** Evidence-based practice is a process of finding, appraising and applying scientific evidence to the treatment and management of health care EBP is the discovery of underlying trends and principles developed from the accumulation and refinement of a large body of studies The processes of EBP creates new, state of the science knowledge, summarized and clarified for translation into best practice for clinical policy **Source:** @http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/terminology.asp **Focus:** Healthcare **Date Added:** April 2013

**Definition 4:** EBP is a set of steps that help structure treatment planning an decision making. In the contemporary model of EBP, the client's clinical state and circumstances, research knowledge and the clients own values and preferences are all integrated using the professional expertise of the clinical social worker. **Source:** Evidence-based Practice in Clinical Social Work (Drisko, J. & Grady, M., 2012) **Focus:** Clinical Social Work **Date Added:** April 2013

**Definition 5:** Evidence-Based Practice is a five-step process: **Source:** @http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/resources/topic/eb/ **Focus:** Healthcare **Date Added:** April 2013
 * 1) Construct a relevant, answerable question from a clinical case.
 * 2) Plan and carry out a search of the literature for the best external evidence.
 * 3) Critically appraise the literature for validity and applicability.
 * 4) Apply the evidence to your clinical practice.
 * 5) Evaluate your performance.