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Practitioner Expertise in Evidence-Based Practice Decision Making

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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an orientation to practice that values evidence as a resource for clinical decision making while recognizing that evidence alone is never sufficient to make a clinical decision. Critics of EBP typically ignore, negate, or misrepresent the role of practitioner thinking processes and expertise in clinical settings. The authors believe that, far from being a mechanistic process that ignores practitioner expertise, reflection and critical thinking are essential to implementing EBP in real-world clinical practice. The purpose of this article is to provide guidance for how practitioners bring their expertise to bear when engaging in the process of EBP. The authors use a social work practice scenario to illustrate the application of practitioner expertise in each of the five steps of EBP

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Series Title

Research on Social Work Practice

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London : Sage Publications., 2008

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English

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1049-7315

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Vol. 18, No. 4, Page 301-310

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social work practice
Evidence-based practice
Practitioner expertise
Clinical decision making
Research implementation
Clinical research

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