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Research Made Useful for Busy Rehabilitation Providers

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“Evidence-based practice” (EBP) has become the standard in rehabilitation medicine and psychology in recent decades. EBP is an approach to health care in which clinical decisions are based on (1) the best available research evidence, (2) clinical judgment and expertise, and (3) the values and preferences of the patient. A large literature base supports the idea that the best quality patient care happens when scientific evidence is part of the decision-making process, leading psychology and other health-care professions to support the EBP framework as the standard of care and professional competency. However, despite the wide acceptance of EBP, health-care practitioners and programs often do not follow best available practices. In part, the use of EBP in routine practice is hampered by a perception among some clinicians that the research literature is inaccessible to clinicians, too time consuming to approach, and difficult to understand. In this chapter, we provide readers resources and encouragement for how to effectively find and employ research evidence to inform their use of EBP in the context of rehabilitation medicine.

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  1. Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA

    Scott D. McDonald Ph.D., Paul B. Perrin Ph.D., Suzzette M. Chopin Ph.D., MBA & Treven C. Pickett Psy.D.

  2. Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Scott D. McDonald Ph.D., Suzzette M. Chopin Ph.D., MBA & Treven C. Pickett Psy.D.

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Scott D. McDonald Ph.D. & Treven C. Pickett Psy.D.

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Treven C. Pickett Psy.D.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Maggi A. Budd

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sigmund Hough

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Stephen T. Wegener

  4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    William Stiers

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McDonald, S.D., Perrin, P.B., Chopin, S.M., Pickett, T.C. (2017). Research Made Useful for Busy Rehabilitation Providers. In: Budd, M., Hough, S., Wegener, S., Stiers, W. (eds) Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34034-0_59

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