Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves using clinical reasoning to integrate information from four sources: research evidence; clinical expertise; the patient's values, preferences and circumstances; and the clinical context.
Clinically relevant research located by explicit and conscientious searching of the literature.1
Clinical expertise is the education, experience and skills you have gained as a health professional
Patient's circumstances are the unique needs, values, and preferences that each patient brings to the clinical situation.
Information gathered from the clinical context takes into account any limitations or pressures present in the clinical setting that may affect decisions (such as a resource restrictions)
Figure and text adapted from Hoffmann, T., Bennett, S., & Del Mar, C. (2023). Evidence-Based Practice Across the Health Professions (4th ed.) https://www-clinicalkey-com-au.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0-C20210011524
1. Sackett D, Rosenberg W, Gray J, et. al.: Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't: it's about integrating individual clinical expertise and the best external evidence.BMJ 1996; 312: pp. 71-72