evidence-based practice
Data-informed professional approach
Evidence-based practice is a professional approach that integrates the best available research with practitioner expertise and client preferences to guide decision-making.
The term originated in medicine but now appears across healthcare, education, social work, and policy: The clinic adopted evidence-based practices for treating addiction.
The emphasis is on using methods that have been scientifically tested rather than relying on tradition, intuition, or anecdote alone.
- gold standardMeasure of ultimate quality
- patient-centered careHealthcare respecting individual priorities
- clinical guidelinesOfficial medical treatment recommendations
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- treatment outcomesEffects of medical intervention
what works · peer-reviewed studies · policy development · quality improvement · statistical significance · stakeholder engagement · hypothesis testing · transparency · experimental design · professional training · informed consent · cultural competence · quantitative research · ethical dilemmas · quantitative research · quantitative research
evidence-based practicefolk wisdom
Traditional communal knowledge
dogma · superstition · conventional wisdom · received wisdom · gut feeling
evidence-based practicetrial and error
Learning through repeated attempts
guesswork · improvisation · seat-of-the-pants · shooting from the hip · winging it
evidence-based practicepseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
quackery · alternative medicine · folk medicine · mysticism · shamanism
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