Background: There is currently a paucity of research investigating what speech and
language therapists, in particular, perceive are the greatest barriers to implementing …

Background: Speech and language therapists are encouraged to be evidence‐based
practitioners in contemporary clinical practice. This apparently signifies their commitment to …

Speech-language pathologists are increasingly required to demonstrate that their practice is
based on evidence. While the concept of evidence-based practice has strengths, there have …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to consider some of the ramifications that arise when a
discipline newly endorses evidence-based practice (EBP) as a primary guiding principle …

Like all health professionals, speech and language therapists (SLTs) need to keep
themselves up-to-date with the research evidence base that is relevant to their field of …

A consideration of evidence-based practice has led many to debate the nature of evidence.
Rejecting the idea that randomized controlled trials should be the only legitimate source of …

Rationale, aims and objectives Four pillars of evidence underpin evidence‐based
behavioural practice: research evidence, practice evidence, patient evidence and contextual …

A total of 240 speech-language pathologists responded to a questionnaire examining
attitudes toward and use of research and evidence-based practice (EBP). Perceived barriers …

Background/aim Evidence‐based practice is internationally recognised as an essential
component of contemporary occupational therapy, and as being critical to the future of the …

Purpose: This paper examines the relationship between components of evidence-based
practice (clinical expertise, patient perspective and research evidence). Method: Findings …