Helping Stroke Survivors with Evidence-Based Practice

 Our Peter Levine is referred to in here.  Rather disconcerting, the quote from there:

What Is Evidence-Based Practice?

Evidence-based practice was initially defined by David Sackett, a Canadian MD. (note: David Sackett passed this last May. RIP.) He put it pretty simply: EBP is the “…conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.”
Of course, he was writing for medical doctors. So let’s start there. Are medical doctors engaged in EBP? Typically, no. An article in Scientific American puts it this way:
“Only a fraction of what physicians do is based on solid evidence from Grade-A randomized, controlled trials; the rest is based instead on weak or no evidence and on subjective judgment. When scientific consensus exists on which clinical practices work effectively, physicians only sporadically follow that evidence correctly.”  (Scientific American)

Henry Hoffman

Co-Founder/Owner at Saebo, Inc.

Helping Stroke Survivors with Evidence-Based Practice

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Helping Stroke Survivors with Evidence-Based Practice By Peter G Levine Everyone talks a big game with evidence-based practice (EBP) in stroke. Youan’t go to any occupational or physical therapy seminars without the term being thrown around like...