Letters To The Editor: Rebuttal to Ottomanelli et al. Methods of a multisite randomized clinical trial of supported employment among veterans with spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46(7):919-30.
Titel:
Letters To The Editor: Rebuttal to Ottomanelli et al. Methods of a multisite randomized clinical trial of supported employment among veterans with spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46(7):919-30.
Auteur:
Marcel Dijkers, PhD
Verschenen in:
Journal of rehabilitation research and development
Paginering:
Jaargang 47 (2010) nr. 5 pagina's vii-viii
Jaar:
2010
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Probably no fashion has gripped first medicine; then the rest of health care; and finally social services, vocational rehabilitation, education, and other professional fields as quickly and deeply as evidence-based practice (EBP). There have been claims that there is nothing new here, that professionals have always been required to base treatment of their patients/clients on evidence as to what are effective, efficient, and reliable methods of diagnosing/assessing, treating, or offering prognosis, and have done so. However, the core message of EBP has been a worthwhile one whatever one thinks of that claim: not any odd piece of evidence will do. To provide patients/clients with optimal service, one needs to base it on a systematic study of the most recent and most appropriate evidence, carefully evaluated for potential biases and errors. Probably as a result of the prominence of the originators of EBP in medicine, as well as the appealing and easy quantitative and mathematical approaches to evidence evaluation, EBP is now a bandwagon few people dare to disdain publicly. In fact, adding the label "evidence-based" to about anything and everything done professionally is seen as a way of giving it a modern, up-to-date, scientific cachet that will appeal to other professionals, if not patents/clients. EBP has become a holy cow to whom tribute is due.
Uitgever:
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (provided by DOAJ)
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