1. Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Decision-Making Tool for Best Practice?
Chapter 16
HPR 453

2. EBP Guidelines…what are they?
Paradigm is shifting from intuition, individual opinion, tradition, “the way it was always done,” to evidence-based practice for clinical decision making
Extensive literature searches to find most up-to-date research on a given problem
Evaluate research to determine strength
Expert Team makes recommendations based on the research

3. Educate others to use the information and process outlined
How to read and apply
Professional CE programs and RT degree programs
Lifelong learning

4. What is Evidence-based Practice?
Orderly identification and synthesis of scientific theories and scientific evidence that leads to evidence-based guidelines