InfoGuides: Communication Disorders 4480: Applications of Research in Communication Disorders: Evidence-Based Practice

Is it Evidence-Based Practice?

Evidence-based practice is used to decide on the optimum care of an individual patient based on the best current evidence.

After you have found a relevant peer-reviewed article, do you still need a good overview to determine if the information will qualify as evidence-based practice? This article has a section on "Understanding EBP":

Conner, B. T. (2014). Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement. American Nurse Today, 9(6), 26-31.

Remember, you need to find an article that:

is peer-reviewed
has acceptable evidence from a broad study
has information based on multiple resources/studies

What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?
Overview and tutorial. From Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Evidence-Based Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial
From University of Minnesota Libraries, Health Sciences Libraries

Use CINAHL Complete

The database CINAHL Complete has the option to search for only Evidence-Based Practice articles. This option is under the Advanced Search.

Check the box for Evidence-Based Practice:

TIP: EBP "Fact Sheets" are not peer-reviewed articles.

Searching

While you can always add the phrase "evidence based practice" to a search, it probably will NOT be much help as the term may not be used in the article or its description. What's best? Your evalulation of likely articles.