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: Irene.mabbott@sth.nhs.uk

• Telephone: +441142714281

• Mail:Evidence Based CouncilLearning & Development CentreSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustRivermead Training CentreNorthern General HospitalHerries RoadSheffield S5 7AU, UK

r.watson@hull.ac.uk

0000-0001-8040-7625

@rwatson1955