Research and Evidence-based Practice: Home

This guide gathers together information on Research and Evidence-Based Practice.  The Research and Evidence-Based Practice guide includes:  

• Access to journal articles written by MCHS researchers
• Access to the Clinical Medicine & Research journal published by MCHS
• Introductory information on evidence-Based Practice 
• Tutorials
• PICO : Constructing well-built clinical questions
• Levels of evidence and study designs
• Searching for the evidence and critical appraisal
• Getting to the full text
• Citation management
• Additional supporting resources 
• Writing and Publishing

This four-part series of articles appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in 2012.  The articles provide an introductory overview to evidence-based practice.  While the articles are directed to Nurse Practitioners, they are appropriate for anyone who would like a better understanding of evidence-based practice.  

Evidence-based practice is a way of providing health care that is guided by a thoughtful integration of the best available scientific knowledge with clinical expertise. This approach allows the practitioner to critically assess research data, clinical guidelines, and other information resources in order to correctly identify the clinical problem, apply the most high-quality intervention, and re-evaluate the outcome for future improvement. (PubMed MeSH)

This series was published in the American Journal of Nursing, 2009-2011.  It came from The Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice.