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Evidence-Based Practice

A guide to evidence-based practice for health care delivery. Clinical students, faculty, and staff interested in evidence-based practice will find these resources particularly useful. Use this page as a jumping-off point to locate journal articles, books

Welcome

Welcome to the Evidence-Based Practice Guide. Clinical students, faculty, and staff interested in evidence-based practice will find these resources particularly useful.  Use this page as a jumping-off point to locate journal articles, books, and other resources to create a well-formed research question, effectively search the health sciences literature, and appraise evidence that you find.

Definition of EBP

Evidence-Based Medicine is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.* 

 Representation of evidence-based medicine with three overlapping circles: 1) best evidence available, 2) clinical judgement, and 3) patient values/circumstances

*Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et. al. Evidence - based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. 2nded. Edinburg: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.

Steps in EBP Process

Representation of the 5 steps in the EBP process: 1) assess the patient, 2) ask the question, 3) acquire evidence, 4) appraise the evidence, and 5) apply to the patient