Evidence Based Practice   Tags: ebm, ebp, evidence based medicine, evidence based practice, research  

• Medical research is continually discovering improved treatment methods and therapies
• Research findings are often delayed in being implemented into clinical practice
• Clinicians must stay current with changing therapies
• EBP has been shown to keep clinicians up to date

K. Jeffrey, L. Maggio, & M. Blanchard. Introduction to EBM. Alumni Medical Library Website

An Introduction to Evidence Based Practice: self-paced tutorial developed by the Medical Center Library at Duke University and the Health Science Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: 5-minute introduction to EBM developed by Boston University Medical Center

EBM Tutorials:  interactive tutorials developed by the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Medical School

EBP is the conscientious and judicious use of:

• The best research evidence (found in health sciences literature)
• Clinical expertise (what the health-care provider knows)
• Patient values and expectations (what the patient believes and wants)

Evidence Based Practice is an umbrella term that includes medicine (“Evidence Based Medicine,” or EBM), nursing, dentistry, public-health, psychology, etc.

EBP is primarily based on 5 defined steps:

1) Asking Focused Questions

• Convert information need into an answerable question

2) Locating Research Literature

• Track down the best evidence to answer the question

3) Critical Appraisal

• Test evidence for validity and clinical usefulness

4) Making a Decision

•  Apply the results in clinical practice

5) Evaluating Performance

• Evaluate the performance of evidence-based decisions

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