Evidence based practice (EBP) is the integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best evidence into the decision making process for patient care.
Sackett, D. L., et al. (2000). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed.). Churchill Livingstone.
There are 5 steps in the EBP cycle. This guide focuses on the first three steps in the cycle: developing a searchable question, finding the evidence and appraising the quality of the evidence.