Research Guides: Speech and Hearing: Evidence Based Practice

Definition and Background

Evidence-based medicine is the "conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" Sackett, DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, et al. BMJ. 1996 312(7023):71-2.

ASHA Evidence Maps
From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), systematic reviews, clinical expertise and clinical perspectives arranged by topics.

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of evidence-based medicine databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Limiting results to these publication types are helpful for retrieving the evidence: Clinical Trial, Meta-Analysis, Multicenter Study, Practice Guideline,Systematic Review & Randomized Controlled Trial.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive source of nursing and allied health journals.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Use methodology limiter to select empirical study, systematic review and meta analysis

Speechbite
A database of intervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice. Full text may be available via library's other resources.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Evidence-based clinicial practice guidelines conducted by expert panels.
The Campbell Collaboration
Systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare.