Essay On Evidence Based Practice
Abstract
This paper discusses the events that led up to evidence based practice (EBP), what evidence based practices are, and how it relates to psychology today. Some topic mentioned in this paper is how EBP in psychology (EBPP) came from EBP in medicine, the three main components of evidence-based practice, and how EBP is used now to improve treatment plans for various problems. The term evidence-based practice will also be broken down into what each part means separately. Most of the information discussed below comes from a few journal articles and websites. Most of the articles defined EBP as the same thing, which will later be discussed in this paper.
Evidence based practice in fairly new in the psychology world. What most people don’t know is that EBP in psychology, and most other fields, began in medicine. According to Spring (2007), “the evidence based practice movement in medicine has a history that long predates psychology’s involvement” (p. 614). Medicine is the root for most EBP. It …show more content…
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The first point is the best available research, which is evidence that is used to answer a specific question. This also includes the type of study that is done to answer that specific question. If the study is not appropriate then you will not get the correct results to answer the question efficiently. Essentially, best available research evidence “is the highest quality (most reliable) research that is in publication, and therefore available to the practitioner for appraisal and application as the basis of clinical decision making.” (Anonymous, 2012).
The next component is the clinical expertise. This is the clinician’s interpretation of the evidence and how it should be used to treat the patient. Clinicians are trained in various components in psychology so they know how things work, what works, and what does not work. This is a very important piece because clinicians are trained at this and they know things that the patient may not
This paper discusses the events that led up to evidence based practice (EBP), what evidence based practices are, and how it relates to psychology today. Some topic mentioned in this paper is how EBP in psychology (EBPP) came from EBP in medicine, the three main components of evidence-based practice, and how EBP is used now to improve treatment plans for various problems. The term evidence-based practice will also be broken down into what each part means separately. Most of the information discussed below comes from a few journal articles and websites. Most of the articles defined EBP as the same thing, which will later be discussed in this paper.
Evidence based practice in fairly new in the psychology world. What most people don’t know is that EBP in psychology, and most other fields, began in medicine. According to Spring (2007), “the evidence based practice movement in medicine has a history that long predates psychology’s involvement” (p. 614). Medicine is the root for most EBP. It …show more content…
613)
The first point is the best available research, which is evidence that is used to answer a specific question. This also includes the type of study that is done to answer that specific question. If the study is not appropriate then you will not get the correct results to answer the question efficiently. Essentially, best available research evidence “is the highest quality (most reliable) research that is in publication, and therefore available to the practitioner for appraisal and application as the basis of clinical decision making.” (Anonymous, 2012).
The next component is the clinical expertise. This is the clinician’s interpretation of the evidence and how it should be used to treat the patient. Clinicians are trained in various components in psychology so they know how things work, what works, and what does not work. This is a very important piece because clinicians are trained at this and they know things that the patient may not