Evidence based practice
is the "integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values."
(Sackett, Strauss, Richardson, et al., as cited in Maher, Sherrington, Elkins, Herbert, & Mosely, 2004, Challenges for evidence-based physical therapy: Accessing and interpreting high-quality evidence on therapy, p. 645)
Evidence Based Practice Pyramid Evidence increases in quality as you go up the pyramid.
Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines
- PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database: Clinical practice guidelines, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews relating to physiotherapy.
- PubMed: Limit your search to the subset "Systematic Reviews"
- Medline: Check the box for "EBM Reviews" under the search options
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
- Limit your search to Publication Type "Systematic Review"
- TRIP Database: Turning Research Into Practice
- Searches multiple databases/websites for evidence-based research.
Further Reading
Maher, C. G., Sherrington, C., Elkins, M., Herbert, R. D., & Mosley, A. M. (2004). Challenges for evidence-based physical therapy: Accessing and interpreting high-quality evidence on therapy. Physical Therapy, 84(7), 644-654.