TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence-based practice
T2 - The psychology of EBP implementation
AU - Rousseau, Denise M.
AU - Gunia, Brian C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/1/4
Y1 - 2016/1/4
N2 - Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach used in numerous professions that focuses attention on evidence quality in decision making and action. We review research on EBP implementation, identifying critical underlying psychological factors facilitating and impeding its use. In describing EBP and the forms of evidence it employs, we highlight the challenges individuals face in appraising evidence quality, particularly that of their personal experience. We next describe critical EBP competencies and the challenges underlying their acquisition: foundational competencies of critical thinking and domain knowledge, and functional competencies such as question formulation, evidence search and appraisal, and outcome evaluation. We then review research on EBP implementation across diverse fields from medicine to management and organize findings around three key contributors to EBP: practitioner ability, motivation, and opportunity to practice (AMO). Throughout, important links between psychology and EBP are highlighted, along with the contributions psychological research can make to further EBP development and implementation.
AB - Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach used in numerous professions that focuses attention on evidence quality in decision making and action. We review research on EBP implementation, identifying critical underlying psychological factors facilitating and impeding its use. In describing EBP and the forms of evidence it employs, we highlight the challenges individuals face in appraising evidence quality, particularly that of their personal experience. We next describe critical EBP competencies and the challenges underlying their acquisition: foundational competencies of critical thinking and domain knowledge, and functional competencies such as question formulation, evidence search and appraisal, and outcome evaluation. We then review research on EBP implementation across diverse fields from medicine to management and organize findings around three key contributors to EBP: practitioner ability, motivation, and opportunity to practice (AMO). Throughout, important links between psychology and EBP are highlighted, along with the contributions psychological research can make to further EBP development and implementation.
KW - Critical thinking
KW - Decision supports
KW - Evidence appraisal
KW - Evidence-based practice
KW - Practice-oriented evidence
KW - Protocols and checklists
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033336
DO - 10.1146/annurev-psych-122414-033336
M3 - Article
C2 - 26361048
AN - SCOPUS:84953790892
SN - 0066-4308
VL - 67
SP - 667
EP - 692
JO - Annual review of psychology
JF - Annual review of psychology
ER -