Becoming an EBP Practitioner
After synthesizing the evidence to determine a course of action, the next step is to evaluate the effectiveness of your treatments or interventions and then refine your course of action.
How do I become an EBP practitioner?
To facilitate your development of EBP in clinical practice,
- Become proficient in the EBP activities to inform your clinical decision-making
- Consider searching through systematic reviews or meta-analyses, using the resources below
- Work with a group
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Databases of systematic reviews, reviews of effectiveness & controlled trials register - JAMAevidence This link opens in a new window
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Textbooks and tools for evidence-based medicine.
- Trip DatabaseTurning Research Into Practice
Additional Resources
- Diffusion, dissemination ,and implentation ...Lomas. Ann NY Acad Sci 1993 Dec 31; 703:226-35; discussion 35-7.
- Not enough time or a low priority? Barriers to evidence-based practice...Harding et al. J Cont Ed Health Prof 2014; 34(4):224-31.