Just did a huge lit review on this topic for my dissertation - the literature documents a very interesting phenomenon, where all kinds of health professionals (MDs, nurses, OT, PT, SLP, and numerous others), when asked, typically express a positive attitude towards research and evidence-based practice (think it's necessary, think it will advance their profession, improve client care, etc), but other than in certain pockets, the vast majority do not use evidence based practice, even when there is evidence available. In the literature, EBP is described as including things like searching for evidence, reading and appraising the literature, applying research findings to practice, conducting any kind of research on one's own practice, and/or being involved in clinical studies. This is not only consistent across the health professions, it is consistent across time, going back from the 1980s to the present.
Hopefully as more contemporary students, who are being taught more EBP skills, enter the work force, this may change, but there is also some intriguing evidence that suggests that health professionals say what they think they are supposed to say about EBP, but really don't think that using and/or creating research evidence is important, or an integral part of their role... Ron, at least you are being honest about it! What do others think? Sue Ordinetz *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/7/2008 at 7:14 PM Ron Carson wrote: > >At this point, I must confess a small secret. I do not like research; >I don't like doing it or reading it. I KNOW it's important but I am >just NOT a research man. As such, I tend to never focus on the >research question(s) that you mention, but maybe I should. -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
