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ABSTRACT: Objective
This paper provides an overview of the state of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing and selected allied health professions and a synopsis of current trends in incorporating EBP into clinical education and practice in these fields. This overview is intended to better equip librarians with a general understanding of the fields and relevant information resources. INCLUDED PROFESSIONS: Professions are athletic training, audiology, health education and promotion, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assisting, respiratory care, and speech-language pathology.Approach
Each section provides a description of a profession, highlighting changes that increase the importance of clinicians' access to and use of the profession's knowledgebase, and a review of each profession's efforts to support EBP. The paper concludes with a discussion of the librarian's role in providing EBP support to the profession.Conclusions
EBP is in varying stages of growth among these fields. The evolution of EBP is evidenced by developments in preservice training, growth of the literature and resources, and increased research funding. Obstacles to EBP include competing job tasks, the need for additional training, and prevalent attitudes and behaviors toward research among practitioners. Librarians' skills in searching, organizing, and evaluating information can contribute to furthering the development of EBP in a given profession.
SUBMITTER: Kronenfeld M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2000778 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kronenfeld Michael M Stephenson Priscilla L PL Nail-Chiwetalu Barbara B Tweed Elizabeth M EM Sauers Eric L EL McLeod Tamara C Valovich TC Guo Ruiling R Trahan Henry H Alpi Kristine M KM Hill Beth B Sherwill-Navarro Pamela P Allen Margaret Peg MP Stephenson Priscilla L PL Hartman Linda M LM Burnham Judy J Fell Dennis D Kronenfeld Michael M Pavlick Raymond R MacNaughton Ellen W EW Nail-Chiwetalu Barbara B Ratner Nan Bernstein NB
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 20071001 4
<h4>Objective</h4>This paper provides an overview of the state of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing and selected allied health professions and a synopsis of current trends in incorporating EBP into clinical education and practice in these fields. This overview is intended to better equip librarians with a general understanding of the fields and relevant information resources. INCLUDED PROFESSIONS: Professions are athletic training, audiology, health education and promotion, nursing, occup ...[more]