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The iCAHE textbook addresses the established allied health disciplines
practiced internationally and provides practical examples about how to translate
clinical questions into evidence statements. In order to achieve this this
textbook provides accessible information on the technical aspects of
evidence and how to find this in the first four chapters of the book:
| Chapter 1: What is evidence? |
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| Chapter 2: Finding the evidence: Planning your search |
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| Chapter 3: Finding the evidence: Searching evidence-based resources |
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| Chapter 4: Searching Practicalities |
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| Chapter 10: Physiotherapy |
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What is evidence-based practice?
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is defined
as the meticulous, overt and astute use of current best evidence in making
decisions regarding the care of patients. The importance of
evidence-based practice in health care has been recognised since the early
1990s.
Positive impacts of evidence-based practice in clinical practice:
• Optimise patient outcomes
• Reduce treatment variability and poor quality care
• Improve patient safety
• How do we conduct the research?
• How do we look at the strength of the evidence?
• How do we determine the validity and importance of the information?
Best-practices and standards of care are often discussed, but the origins of these standards remain a mystery. Many clinicians are unable to access the necessary training to interpret the findings in literature, resulting in the standards continuing to be unchallenged.
Research demonstrates that allied health practitioners can be inclined to use treatments that they believe are successful the majority of the time, or those we learned from our mentors. It is possible, however, to lose track of instances in which certain therapeutics fell short.
So how do we change our methods of practice? We do this through evidence and research, and by using the individual and interdisciplinary expertise of clinicians. We build a case and set out to prove or disprove the current thinking. As allied health continues to move forward, evidence for what we do and how we do it becomes even more critical.
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