PMID: 11314227Apr 21, 2001Paper

Evidence-based decision making in dental hygiene education, practice, and research

Journal of Dental Hygiene : JDH
Jane L Forrest, S A Miller

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to highlight key aspects of the white paper prepared in 1999 for the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) Institute for Oral Health on Evidence-Based Decision Making and its Application to Dental Hygiene Education, Practice, and Research. These aspects include the need for evidence-based decision making, how it supports contemporary practice and education, basic evidence-based concepts, and strategies for integrating evidence-based decision making into dental hygiene. A review of the biomedical literature, evidence-based Internet sites and textbooks, and clinical guideline development was systematically conducted to identify models of evidence-based practice, skills needed to practice and teach evidence-based decision making (EBDM), and challenges faced by those implementing an EBDM approach. These resources were then analyzed and synthesized to develop a model for initiating the development of evidence-based dental hygiene practice. The need for using an evidence-based decision making approach was well supported throughout the literature. Consistency was found in how EBDM methodology and levels of evidence were defined and in the skills required for evidence-based practice. Implied in t...Continue Reading

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