Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

The goal of EBP is the integration of: (a) clinical expertise, (b) best current evidence, and (c) client values to provide high-quality services reflecting the interests, values, needs, and choices of the individuals we serve. Conceptually, the trilateral principles forming the bases for EBP can be represented through a simple figure (see below): Read more about EBP.

• Web-Based EBP Tutorials
• Glossary of Evidence-Based Practice Terms

Key Steps in the EBP Process

• Step 1: Framing the Clinical Question
• Step 2: Finding the Evidence
• Step 3: Assessing the Evidence
• Step 4: Making the Clinical Decision

Discussion Forum for EBP

Check out this latest ASHA Member Forum for discussions of general and specific issues related to Evidence-based Practice!

EBP Compendium of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Systematic Reviews

In the summer of 2005, staff of ASHA's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (N-CEP) embarked upon a project to identify and obtain clinical practice guidelines from all over the world related to audiology and/or speech-language pathology. As noted elsewhere on this site, clinical practice guidelines, when tied directly to a systematic review of scientific evidence, can be an invaluable tool in helping clinicians to make the best decisions with and for their clients. Proceed to the EBP Compendium.

Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews

ASHA's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (N-CEP) works with ASHA members to conduct numerous evidence-based systematic reviews (EBSRs) annually. 

• See the list of EBSRs that have been completed and those that are in progress.
• Submit your topic suggestions for future systematic reviews.

Calendar of EBP Events

• 11th Rocky Mountain Workshop on How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care, July 26–30, Vail, Colorado
• ABAI 5th International Conference, August 5–9, Oslo, Norway 
• 15th Oxford Workshop on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice, September 7–11, Oxford, United Kingdom
• 17th Cochrane Colloquium, October 11–14, Singapore
• 5th International Conference of Evidence-Based Health Care Teachers & Developers, October 28–November 1, Sicily, Italy

Proceed to the full EBP Calendar

EBP Documents and Reports

• Position Statement: Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders
• Report of the Evidence-Based Practice Coordinating Committee [PDF]
• Research and Scientific Affairs Committee Statement

Who's Doing What at ASHA

• National Office Staff
• Advisory Committee on Evidence-based Practice
• ASHA's Special Interest Divisions