Western canon

A century ago, the humankind had no idea about tumor necrosis factor (TNF); however, physician William B Cooley was able to demonstrate the principle of anti-tumoral response in vivo as early as in 1891 (1,2). He escalated the idea of anti-tumoral response based on his observation of remission of lesions in patients injected with a mixture of dead Streptococcus pyogenes and Serratia marcescens bacteria (1, 2). Due to the lack of understanding of mechanism behind this observation, it was not…

1.2 There are four approaches to outcome based practice - results based accountability, outcomes management, outcomes into practice and the logic model. Results based accountability, also known as outcome based accountability is an approach which uses data to problem solve and make decisions, such as a feedback system. It is often used to look at communities to improve the lives of children, youth, families, adults and communities as a whole. It is also used within services to improve…

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are one of the fundamental building blocks for creating any empirically supported therapies (ESTs). This implies that ESTs should be standard and superior treatment as they are founded and based on scientific and quantifiable evidence, which, of course, is the goal of any science. However, the stance is widely controversial as it is derived from assumptions that have minimal support and consensus data such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…

Defending the Word When people say that the Bible has authority, it simply can be translated to mean credibility. People are constantly attacking the Word of God and its authority, which means Christians everywhere, must be ready to defend the Word and its truths. The Bible draws its authority from the internal and external evidences we can find in Scripture and in our world. Internally, the Bible, though written by a human hand, is the inspired Word of God that have been spoken through the…

Ballet is an artform that, like any other, takes time to perfect. The sooner you start to work on your trade and realize the passion you have for it, the sooner that you are able to strive to perfect and chisel away at it. Most professional dancers start at a very young age, anywhere from three on. Because there are so many less men compared to women, men can usually get away with starting at a later age, say 12 to 14 or even a couple years more. I started, from scratch, when I was 18 years old,…

In the modern day, Superiors, Managers and Business organizations are looking for an antidote to eradicate corporation’s sickness to rely on out of date knowledge they picked up in colleges and universities, patterns traditions, and techniques they happen to be skilled in implementing while on the job. They could learn one or two things from practitioners of evidence-based management in the Strategic leadership and Organizational Change. One would ask what evidence -based management is before…

Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare Evidence-based practices (EBPs) in the realm of child welfare seek to prevent a problem before it occurs or lessen its possible effects (Goldman et al., 2003). All EBPs should be culturally competent; they need to consider the cultural perspectives of ethnic minority populations, who are at a high risk of developing psychosocial problems compared to other populations (Jackson, 2009). There are several EBPs currently in use in child abuse and neglect…

Evidence Based Practice Occupations in the medical field are constantly evolving as new research is conducted and newly discovered evidence is released. Maintaining new knowledge and staying up to date with the latest medical discoveries is critical in all careers pertaining to the well-being of humans. It is important for professionals to further their education as they continue to practice and collaborate with other professionals to create the finest care plan for clients. Speech-language…

The biggest barriers to the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in a clinical setting are knowledge and resources. Of the described EBP models the ACE Star model most resembles the framework used within our system. The ACE Star model is a five step process which includes in order, knowledge discovery, evidence summary, translation into practice recommendations, integration into practice and evaluation (DeNisco & Barker, 2016, p. 467). While EBP information and guidelines are regularly…

Define a Clinical question The questions arise in a patient encounter can easily be answered via the experience or reviewing a textbook or an article.these questions can be about harm,diagnosis, prognosis or treatment . In evidence based diagnosis kind of questions as above mentioned can be answered more accurately by following EBM steps. First the health care provider should make an answerable question which can be answered by a research study.These questions can be background or Foreground…