Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4059279 | Hand Clinics | 2009 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
Evidence-based practice is a methodical approach to clinical practice where experience, best research evidence, and patient goals and values are integrated to make optimal decisions when making a diagnosis, selecting a diagnostic test, picking an intervention or determining prognosis. There are five steps in this process. Hand surgeons and therapists can use the evidence-based process to attain optimal management of individual patients, manage their overall practice, guide the ongoing professional development, and deal with funding and policy makers.
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Authors
Robert M. Szabo, Joy C. MacDermid,