Systematic error

Systematic reviews “involve a detailed and comprehensive plan and search strategy derived a priori, with the goal of reducing bias by identifying, appraising, and synthesizing all relevant studies on a particular topic” (Uman, 2011, n.p.). My intention is…

Introduction The practice of evidence-based medicine entails treatments and assessment that have been verified to be in effect through research. Research on pain management has revealed that a combination of diverse types of treatments cab be incorporated for optimal effectiveness. The level of pain that a patient is undergoing is determined by evaluating the patient using a number of methods including Revised Faces Pain Scale, the Numerical Ratings Scale and others. It is also important that…

Evidence based practice is so important in the current healthcare world. When evidence based practice is at the center of any organization, there is great improvement in practice and patient outcome. “Only 55% of the time, patients get the evidence-based practice needed for their plan of treatment (IOM 2001). The institute for healthcare improvement, launched 100,000 Lives Campaign enrolled more than 3,000 hospitals, representing an estimated 75 percent of U.S. hospitals beds, which implemented…

treatment consumers. If research is completed on the effectiveness of substance use treatment, it is imperative that the voices of consumers are included to create a more comprehensive understanding of what effectiveness means (Orford, 2008). Thus, a systematic qualitative study concerning Danish consumers’ opinions of progress or success within substance use treatment is needed to expand the “real world” (Pedersen, 2007, p. 614) understanding of substance use treatment in…

The lack of evidence-based policy making allows the three branches of government and the States to make policy decisions grounded in ideology rather than persuasive evidence. There are times when the government correctly chooses ideological policies without evidence and there are times when the government does not choose correctly with evidence. The full extent of how the lack of evidence-based policy making may not be known. However, there are times when the lack of evidence-based policy has as…

Psychologists are constantly striving to determine the best treatment for their patients. To do this, psychologists commonly work together to form the most effective treatment plans for patients. It is also common practice for researchers and psychologists to work towards a joint effort to form such plans as well. The article, Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology written by the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice (2006) talks about the method of Evidence-Based practice and…

1. EBM has been around for years. Why is EBM so hard to implemet? According to Mohammad and Salahshoor (2018) “Despite the emergence and development of evidence-based practice (EBP) in recent years, its adoption continues to be limited.” (p. 25). By use of used Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory, they were able to identify several factors that affect the adoption of Evidence based medicine, including individual innovation, attitude, knowledge, and the perception of evidence based medicine.…

Model Implementation of evidence-based practice to create change in the clinical arena is the challenging task for the clinicians and research expertise. In the context of the implementation of EBP, various ‘change models’ were innovated for systematic guidance to assist the clinicians with their expectation for the change align with their organization (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p.274). The author was in a position to chose the model to make a change in the knowledge and skills of…

appropriateness of an article for inclusion. The final selection of articles meeting the inclusion criteria as supportive evidence relevant to the PICO question is displayed in the Literature Matrix Grid [Table 2]. This includes 25 articles ranging from systematic reviews, level I evidence, to cross sectional surveys, level V evidence on the hierarchy of evidence pyramid (Center for Evidenced Based Medicine,…

psychological processes if they feel like their values and beliefs are misunderstood or disrespected. The article states that, “considerable evidence from many fields suggest that racial power differentials between clinicians and their patients, as well as systematic biases and implicit stereotypes based on race or ethnicity, contribute to the inequitable care that patients of color receive across health care services” (APA, 2006, p. 279-280). A patient’s preferences are an important…