极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: What is evidence-based practice?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Sid Fensome

Sid Fensome — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:56:30 +0000

Canada here. I find myself agreeing mostly with Winmor (above). I think the article’s author somewhat misunderstands the nature of evidence itself and what EBP is intended to do: focus our energies on approaches shown to have the most success with our client cohort (versus those with little success). Of course, one shouldn’t blindly apply an approach to client A (in the UK) merely because it worked with client B (in the U.S.) as having a clear understanding of the differences between the two (and the situational/cultural differences) is part of the evidence one is called to use to make good decisions. The same happens in good medicine: the physician who prescribes a common antibiotic to a patient without considering the possibility of allergic reaction or deadly side effect is also not using evidence in their practice. I think as Social Workers we have often not spent enough time learning how to recognize good research and discern where it can best be applied (and more importantly where it doesn’t apply).

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Pats

Pats — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 19:28:07 +0000

In reply to Nora Duckett. What! Plain language please.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Peter Endersby

Peter Endersby — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:57:41 +0000

As a teacher we are supposed to teach using ‘evidence’ but we don’t. You all weren’t when you were at school. The articles reference to medical is symptomatic of social works preoccupation with trying to be recognised. You guys have a serious chip on your shoulders. What about mental health? Simple?

Teaching, Health and Social Work are dictated by policy and above all money. There are interventions that could should be employed across all but budgets and policy say no. Not evidence. To ignore this is folly or just wilful ignorance.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Romeo2001

Romeo2001 — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:31:50 +0000

In reply to Romeo2001. *Either realistic or fair?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Romeo2001

Romeo2001 — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:30:54 +0000

I understand the whole medicalisation of problems being anathema to social work but is the general tone of the article that the social worker is responsible for alleviating structural issues such as poverty either or fair? When was the last time any social worker achieved such ambitious aims?

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Nora Duckett

Nora Duckett — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:18:28 +0000

Cogent and really helpful article. Will definitely use it in teaching to think more deeply about use of ‘evidence’. Stephen Webb’s (2001) article (https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-abstract/31/1/57/1654601?redirectedFrom=fulltext ) is really useful too. It helps see how complex processes turned into ‘facts’ can undermine professional judgement. Also a preoccupation with positivistic methods and determinism encourages social workers to become mechanistic eschewing critical reflection for technical rationality.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Mark Wilberforce

Mark Wilberforce — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 22:51:49 +0000

Enjoyable article. I hope that one of the functions of EBP is that it can be used to help service users with decision-making about their support, with social workers able to share and discuss any knowledge or understanding that evidence can provide.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Winmor

Winmor — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:01:42 +0000

Evidenced based research is important as ultimately there has to be some scrutiny of ideas and interventions that have some chance of relevance.

True that social science is more messy that physical science, but to paraphrase, evidence based practice is the worst system aside from all the other options available