Evidence-Based Practice in Health

The Audit step in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is one of self-evaluation.  Self-evaluation of performance in EBP is essentially the process of answering questions such as the following:

1. Am I asking well‐formulated answerable questions?
2. Am I becoming more efficient in my searching for the best evidence?
3. Am I critically appraising evidence for its validity and usefulness?
4. Am I integrating critical appraisals into my practice?
5. Is what I have learned been translated into better clinical practice?

The following checklist offers more detailed questions to consider when completing the Audit step.¹

1. Straus, S., Glasziou, P., Richardson, W., & Haynes, R. (2011). Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach it (4th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier