How healthcare professionals can use EBP in assessment & diagnosis - Pubrica
                     HOW HEALTHCARE  
PROFESSIONALS CAN  
USE EBP IN 
ASSESSMENT  & 
DIAGNOSIS
An Academic presentation by
Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations, 
Pubrica  Group: www.pubrica.com
Email: [email protected]
Today's 
DiscussionOutlin
e Introduction
Regular Steps in 
EBP  Medical 
Vitality
Barriers in Adopting EBP  
Advantages & Disadvantages 
of EBP  Conclusion
Introductio
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is the promising  
n practice that interlinks the information collected after  
clinical expertise and proven research studies, so  
that, vital information for better healthcare  
management can be set and followed.
The most seen purpose of EBP is assistance to  
clinical healthcare professionals in making decisions  
for better treatment of patients
The history of EBP starts in 1970. Before the EBP, 
 the health professionals mostly tended to rely on  
other experienced health professionals.
Contd...
Though the required information is easily accessible  
and based, there can be mistakes or prone to  
incorrect leads, pertaining to the age and memory of  
the health professionals.
Similar to the EBP, there are Evidence Based  
Management, Evidence Based Medicine, Evidence  
Based Decision making, etc.
Healthcare professionals cannot easily get the  Regular  
sources and find the necessary data. It takes  Steps in 
more steps and time to do so.
EBP
1. Firstly, based upon the patient conditions, they  
design a ‘need’ and start collecting the data  
related to that from every possible and reliable  
source.
The data are checked for the quality of
the  research work.
Contd...
2. Later, after collecting the data, their relevance pertaining to the situations are analyzed.
3. In the end, the cases are treated well and the report from the treated case is also 
 recorded as an additional information or update of the existing information.
Contd...

Medic
al  
Vitalit Diagnosis is the most
important step before
y going to  
treat the patient.
A health professional
has to hold
various medical  
examinations and assess based upon the results.
There comes a situation, where the professional has to 
 determine the tests to be performed for the patient.
Here comes, EBP in assessments and diagnosis.
Contd...
Getting through uncertain medical situations, there  
needs an immediate measure to tackle the irregular  
conditions of patients.
Based upon the clinical expertise alone, one cannot  
determine the appropriate treatment to be provided to 
 the patient.
The care plan needs to be altered according to the  
patients' conditions.
The handling of unexpected Covid 19 pandemic is the  
great example in EBP.
Contd...
It was a unprecedented type of disease and no researcher 
 could able to make instant researchers upon that.
All the data related to its symptoms are collected and 
 treatment was given.
Drugs used for TB and Malaria in their altered forms are  
used to treat the patients and recorded for future clinical  
research.
In this instance, let us consider the situation of a patient  
who met with a road accident.
Contd...
It is more likely to  determine what exact diagnostic
measures to be taken.
But there can be circumstances like the patient
could  have had brain injury earlier.
So, the patient must be diagnosed in deep for
brain  damage, if not that may lead to brain death
Barriers 
in  According to the reports, a random set of nurses were  
Adopting  asked about the barriers on their way towards adopting  
EBP the EBP, in that, most of them agreed that lack of time  searches for articles, at their workplace.
Other reasons are– poor understandability, fear of failure, 
 technical issues in reaching the correct resources.
EBP reports are not
always completely
commendable  especially in the cases of severe and 
chronic cases.
Contd...
It is more important to update the knowledge not only 
 with data based on the cases, but also through research  
and other studies.
Sometimes, the clinical experience would even be biased 
 based upon the varying past of the professionals.
Around the world, discussions upon EBP are yet  
controversial owing to the hidden fact that more of its  
reliability over the quantitative research.
Contd...
Perception of the
healthcare
professional varies, so
Also the bias of the professionals makes the ethveid  ence to 
 ebveid qeunecset.ioned for certainty.
Advantages &  
Disadvantages 
EBP ensures the quality of information that  of EBP
is  provided to the professionals.
The professionals can provide the appropriate  
treatment and balance the other critical  
conditions of the patients.
The decisions made on the EBP can be believed  
with more confidence.
Contd...
Though EBP promises to be the better reliable method while comparing with others, 
 there also exist certain disadvantages within it.
EBP needs more accurate information and proven evidence which may
consume  more time.
Considering the unexpected situations with patients, a professional may not start the 
 Clinical research work to tackle the issues immediately.
Conclusion
Creating the evidence and connecting them to the  
appropriate situations is not a one-day matter.
There involved a lot of difficulties in experimentation,  
collection of data from various sources, and bringing  
them to the right situation at right time.
Apart from all, it keeps on updating itself based on the  
new situations that arise after new cases.
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