I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For!

Have you ever heard that song by U2 and thought how easily that could apply to searching for evidence? Perhaps not, but it certainly reflects how many health professionals feel when faced with the task of searching for research evidence to support their practice. Click here for the full story...

Knowing & Doing: It’s The Combination That Counts

Sandra can pinpoint exactly when her interest in evidence-based health care started: “It was a conversation I had with my colleague and co-author Huw Davies (Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of St Andrews). Click here for the full story...

C.H.A.I.N’s Linking Evidence To Practice: Making Utilisation A “Contact Sport”

In "contact" sports (like basketball and soccer), athletes routinely make contact with each other or inanimate objects in order to “win the game”. If they didn’t make contact, the game would not exist. Similarly, evidence-based practice has been described as a contact sport and there is a ‘chain’ of groups and individuals in the United Kingdom who are very successfully ensuring that such contact occurs. Click here for the full story...