A guide to help students develop new insights into health care practice.

Introduction

Evidence-based Practice: What and Why?

What counts as evidence-based practice?

Hierarchies of Evidence

The Six steps in the evidence-based practice cycle
Step 1: Asking the Question.

Boolean Operators

Refining or keeping your search focused

Searching for evidence

Step 3: Appraising the Evidence

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) - Making Sense of Evidence
Step 4: Interpreting the Evidence
Step 5: Acting on the Evidence
Step 6: Evaluation and Reflection

References