Evidence-Based Practice: EBP Five Steps

Evidence-based practice consists of five steps:

1. Ask  a searchable clinical question;
2. Find the best evidence to answer the question;
3. Appraise the evidence;
4. Apply the evidence with clinical expertise, taking the patient's wants/needs into consideration;
5. Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the process.

Use the tabs of this LibGuide to learn:

• how to ask a searchable clinical question;
• what to look for;
• where to search for the best evidence;
• how to appraise the evidence you find.

Source: Strauss, S. E.  Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM.  New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2005.