Evidence based practice
By Stephen Goss and Suzanna Rose (2004)

The foundation of evidence based practice is that, when we intervene in the lives of others, we should do so on the basis of the best evidence about the intervention and its likely outcome (MacDonald, 1998).¹

Evidence based practice has been defined as the ‘conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decision about the care of individuals’ (Sackett et al., 1996).²

References:

1. MacDonald, G. (1998) Promoting evidence-based practice in child protection. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 3 (1): 71-85.
2. Sackett, D.L., Rosenberg, W.M.C., Gray, J.A.M., Haynes, R.B. and Richardson, W.S. (1996) Evidence-based medicine: what it is and what it is not. BMJ, 312, pp. 71-2

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