Evidence Based Practice Flashcards
What is evidence based practice?
Translating principles based on best evidence into organisational practices
Make new organisational decisions informed by social science & organisational research
Move professional decisions away from personal preference toward those based on best availed scientific evidence
What are 4 sources of evidence based practice?
Stakeholders
Scientific literature
Organisation
Practitioners
What are the steps in evidence based practice?
Ask specific question
Acquire evidence systematically
Appraise the evidence for its validity & relevance
Apply evidence into decision making process
Evaluate outcome of decision taken
What is the importance of EBP?
Decisions based on combination of evidence yields more effective outcomes
Forecast risk assessment based on experience of many more accurate
Professional judgement based on hard data more effective than based on individual knowledge
Knowledge from literature more accurate than opinion of expert
Evaluating outcome of decision improves organiastiaonl learning & performance
What are some things to question in EBP?
What ability is it measuring?
Is it an established measure?
Who has used the tool before?
What level of ability is it aimed at?
What is the validity/ reliability?
What is the evidence?
What is the cost?
Can you get hold of all the information measured?
What is critical thinking?
Enables people to question, analyse, evaluate & make judgements about what wad read/ heard/ said/ written
What are aspects of good critical thinking?
Make reliable judge,ents based on reliable information
Applying it doesn’t mean being negative/ focusing on faults
Involves questioning perceived knowledge, rejecting non-scientific evidence & examining range of sources
Crucial in real world
How does critical thinking develop?
