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Bridging the evidence-practice gap in
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Evidence-based practice is your business
Why do we need evidence?
• Opinion
• Experience
• Authority
• Expertise
• Commercial companies
• Budgets
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Intervention
Control group
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It doesn’t happen by accident
The Evidence Based Council
History*
• Established 1998 between NHS and local universities
• Unique to UK
• Equal partnership – everyone has a voice
• Purpose: networking to share good practice
* courtesy of Simon and Judith Palfreyman & Irene Mabbott
AchievementsPROJECTS
• Nutritional needs of patients in an oncology unit
• Breaking bad news
• Generating evidence-based nursing care guidelines for the treatment of pyrexia in adults
• Promoting a good night’s sleep
• Natural laxatives
• Pyrexia project
• Falls and footwear project
Achievements
RESOURCES
• Practice development database
• Steps toolkit to support evidence-based practice
• Evidence-based practice courses
Achievements
• Let’s talk about sex conference
• Governors and Trust Board open events
• Annual Sharing good practice festival
• Annual Bring along a student to council
• Work of EBC highlighted on Innovations and Improvement website – High Impact Actions 2009
• All about me document for people with Alzheimer’s disease
Achievements
• Consultations
• Local, national and international networking
• An informal approach to evidence-based practice which works– Debates– Career progression– Developing researchers– Social events– Strong presence and RCN International Research
Conference, UK
Contact the Evidence Based Council
• Irene Mabbott: [email protected]
• Telephone: +441142714281
• Mail:Evidence Based CouncilLearning & Development CentreSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustRivermead Training CentreNorthern General HospitalHerries RoadSheffield S5 7AU, UK