Evidence Based Practice

• Evidence-based practice (EBP): integration of research, evidence, professional training, & client/patient values to determine the best course of action

Classes of Research (Where research is done & goals of research)

• Field Research

  • more applicable to real world

• Lab Research

  • can be more invasive + more control

• Basic Research

  • physiological mechanism of how something happens

• Applied Research

  • Real world outcomes

• Experimental Research

  • DVs & IVs

• Non-Experimental Research

  • Observational studies