Review of Evidence-Based Practice
David Sackett was one of the first to discuss evidence-based practice or evidence-based medicine. He describes Evidence-Based Medicine as “the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.” From: BMJ 1996; 312: 71-2. Evidence-Based Practice integrates research evidence, the expertise of the clinician and the values of the patient when making decisions related to a patient's care.
Disclaimer
There are many organizations that have developed systems for defining and sharing information related to evidence based practice. It is not our intent to repeat that activity, but identify resources available. We do not sanction one over the other, nor do we imply that these are the only sites available from which to gather this information.
Credits
ARHP Research committee has reviewed and updated portions of this document in September 2012. For questions or comments, contact .
