Evidence Based Practice

Evidence based practice (or evidence based medicine) is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research (Sackett, 1996, BMJ).

The Steps

1. Ask - 
2. Align - 
3. Acquire - 
4. Appraise - 
5. Apply - 
6. Assess -

This guide will cover steps 1 through 4.

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• The Evidence for Evidence Based Practice
• Glossary of EBP Terms
• UpToDate Topic: Evidence Based Medicine