What does EBP stand for?
Evidence based practice
What are the 3 contributors of EBP?
Individual clinical expertise
Best external evidence - research and published research
Patient values and expectations
What does and insufficient evidence base mean?
That decisions are based on expert opinion and scientific principles
Give 3 challenges of EBP
The availability of relevant research
The quality of available research
The transferability (and relevance) of research findings everyday clinical practice
What are the 4 steps of the EBP process?
Topic selection
Critical appraisal of the findings
Implementation of the findings
Evaluation of the impact of the implementation on patient care and department
What does topic selection involve?
Identifying something that needs to be changed
What does critical appraisal involve?
Just because evidence is published does not mean it is high quality, useful or relevant and does NOT mean it should convince you to change practice.
What components can contribute to evidence based practice?
- Clinical expertise
- Patient expectations
- External evidence
Which of these are key outcomes of the NHS Research and Development Strategy?
- Improve NHS performance
- Uphold ethical principles
EBP process order (5)
- Selection of topic
- Critical appraisal of the evidence
- Implementation of findings
- Evaluation of impact of implementation of findings
- Feedback of evaluation
What can help with nurturing a culture of EBP?
- Clinical opinion leaders
- Audit
- Journal clubs
