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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 394-407 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of the Medical Library Association |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Review for librarians of evidence-based practice in nursing and the allied health professions in the United States. / Tweed, Elizabeth M.; Sauers, Eric L.; McLeod, Tamara C.Valovich; Guo, Ruiling; Trahan, Henry; Alpi, Kristine; Hill, Beth; Sherwill-Navarro, Pamela; Allen, Margaret; Stephenson, Priscilla L.; Hartman, Linda M.; Burnham, Judy; Fell, Dennis; Kronenfeld, Michael; Pavlick, Raymond; MacNaughton, Ellen W.; Nail-Chiwetalu, Barbara; Ratner, Nan Bernstein.
In: Journal of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 95, No. 4, 01.10.2007, p. 394-407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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T1 - Review for librarians of evidence-based practice in nursing and the allied health professions in the United States
AU - Tweed, Elizabeth M.
AU - Sauers, Eric L.
AU - McLeod, Tamara C.Valovich
AU - Guo, Ruiling
AU - Trahan, Henry
AU - Alpi, Kristine
AU - Hill, Beth
AU - Sherwill-Navarro, Pamela
AU - Allen, Margaret
AU - Stephenson, Priscilla L.
AU - Hartman, Linda M.
AU - Burnham, Judy
AU - Fell, Dennis
AU - Kronenfeld, Michael
AU - Pavlick, Raymond
AU - MacNaughton, Ellen W.
AU - Nail-Chiwetalu, Barbara
AU - Ratner, Nan Bernstein
PY - 2007/10/1
Y1 - 2007/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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