Evidence-Based Practice Basics: What are Clinical Practice Guidelines?

August 19, 2020/in Student Homeworks /by admin

Clinicians want to make practice decisions based on the best evidence (this is an assumption, of course – but one I’d hope you’d agree with!). Summary evidence includes the regularly updated evidence-based (EB) textbooks and high-quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). This post will focus on explaining what a clinical practice guideline is, why it’s a foundation of evidence-based practice, and the benefits of using clinical practice guidelines for busy clinicians.