RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evidence in practice
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 849
OP 852
DO 10.1136/adc.2004.058248
VO 90
IS 8
A1 A K Akobeng
YR 2005
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/8/849.abstract
AB A clinical scenario is used to illustrate how the principles outlined in the previous articles in the series could be applied to help improve patient care. A practical demonstration of the art of formulating answerable clinical questions, finding evidence, critically appraising evidence, and putting evidence into practice is provided. The importance of integrating evidence with patient’s preferences, and taking account of issues such as availability of interventions, costs, and so on is discussed. Finally, some of the issues involved in the development of evidence based policies within clinical teams are outlined.