Evidence-based practice (EBP) is to increase patient safety and demonstrate strategies and tools that aim to improve the quality of care. Thus, evidence-based practice represents the judicious application of current evidence along with clinical experience to health care decision making. EBP enables healthcare professionals to draw conclusions from existing research evaluations, clinical standard operating procedures, and many other hard data available to address the challenges they face on a daily basis (Horntvedt et al., 2018). Therefore, EBP requires the use of the latest and most current information and observations to resolve clinical cases. The concern between doctor and patient is mentioned in the Bible: “Honor the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him” (Sirech 38:1). EBP helps to get rid of the outdated method of single dependence on book knowledge, which medical professionals tend to stick to as they learn a lot of information from books during their courses.
During the development of the concept of evidence-based medicine, simple tools were developed to quickly search for high-quality publications on a problem of interest to a doctor, recommendations were proposed on how to correctly formulate a question, the answer to which can be found in publications of the results of clinical trials. Professional bodies websites point out that many tools are used in the application of evidence-based practice.
They use Finding Articles, Systematic Reviews, Review Articles, Annual Reviews, Books, e-books, etc. The choice of such tools is aimed at improving the concentration of information in the treatment of patients (Center for Evidence-Based Practice, n.d.). Modernization of the nursing curriculum improves the professional status of nurses and their research knowledge. Nursing students studying EBP demonstrate more capacity for clinical decision making. Additionally, the sites provide practices that can develop conversational skills for people with speech problems (Evidence-Based Practice, n.d.). Thus, they use the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), and Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCA) to improve their speech skills.
References
Center for Evidence-Based Practice. (n.d.). John Hopkins Medicine. Web.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). (n.d.) ASHA. Web.
Horntvedt, M. E. T., Nordsteien, A., Fermann, T., & Severinsson, E. (2018). Strategies for teaching evidence-based practice in nursing education: a thematic literature review. BMC Medical Education, 18(1), 1-11.
King James Bible. (2008). Oxford University Press.