Five Steps of Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice starts with identifying a knowledge gap and formulating a focused, answerable question.
Image is based on the process described by Straus, et al., in Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 5th edition, 2019.
The five steps of EBP include:
- Ask a question
- Acquire evidence
- Critically appraise evidence
- Apply evidence
- Assess evidence-based practice/medicine process
- JAMAevidence This link opens in a new windowJAMAevidence provides access to key e-books on how to practice evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice (EBM, EBP). Also included are EBM tools, such as statistics and methods resources, critical appraisal worksheets, and educator guides.
- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)The EBM Resource from the CEBM at the University of Oxford covers searching for evidence, study design, levels of evidence, bias and critical appraisal.
- Evidence-Based Practice GuideThis EBP guide from Duke University Medical Center Library includes interactive tutorials on the steps of the EBP process.
- Evidence-Based Practice Resource GuideThis EBP Resource Guide from Dahlgren Memorial Library at Georgetown University includes a brief summary of the EBP process.
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare by ISBN: 9781496384539Publication Date: 2018A key resource for evidence-based practice knowledge and skill development in nursing that aims to enhance clinical decision-making capabilities and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice.
- Evidence-Based Practice: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 5th ed.This short and practical introduction emphasizes direct clinical application of EBM and tactics to practice and teach EBM in real-time.
- Users' Guide to the Medical Literature, 3rd ed.Learn how to distinguish solid medical evidence from poor quality medical evidence, devise the best search strategies for each clinical question, critically appraise the medical literature, and optimally tailor evidence-based medicine for each patient.
- How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine, 6th ed.Demystifies evidence-based medicine and explains how to critically appraise published research and also put the findings into practice.
- Fifty Studies Every Doctor Should Know seriesThis series includes studies for a variety of concentrations and disciplines.