Open AccessApplying Evidence in Practice: What We Can Learn from Healthcare
Author(s) -
Prudence W. Dalrymple
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
evidence based library and information practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1715-720X
DOI - 10.18438/b85s54
Subject(s) - parallels , health care , autonomy , guideline , medical education , evidence based practice , evidence based medicine , clinical practice , resistance (ecology) , public relations , nursing , psychology , medicine , medline , political science , alternative medicine , engineering , operations management , pathology , law , ecology , biology
Applying research findings to practice is the foundation of evidence based practice. In healthcare, evidence-based practice depends upon the development, promulgation and application of clinical guidelines. While EBM has been enthusiastically embraced by many, gaps persist, and transmission from research to practice remains slow and uneven. The perception that EBM threatens professional autonomy accounts for some resistance but, even among practitioners who support EBM in concept, uptake of guidelines has encountered numerous barriers. A recent study of guideline implementation by residents in a tertiary care medical center provides insight into the barriers to guideline adoption, and draws parallels between the uptake of EBM in the healthcare sector and the uptake of EBLIP in the library and information field. Through increased understanding of the diffusion of evidence-based practice in one field, LIS practitioners can position themselves to avoid similar impediments.