{"id":43,"date":"2014-01-21T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/surmepi\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2014-11-13T08:44:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T06:44:12","slug":"evidence-based-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/surmepi\/projects-overview\/health-systems\/evidence-based-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence Based Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ebhc\"<\/a>When offering health care it is important to make sure that the care being provided works. Evidence-based health care (EBHC) is \u201cthe conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients\u201d[1]. It is a decision making process that takes into consideration contextual factors and combines the health worker\u2019s expertise acquired through clinical practice and experience, current best evidence obtained from clinically relevant research, and patient values.<\/p>\n

It is recommended that EBHC becomes an integral part of learning in the curriculum of all health care professionals, since learning the fundamentals of research and the basic knowledge and skills of EBHC are essential for successful implementation of EBHC and subsequent improvement in quality of healthcare[2]. This is also highlighted in the recent Lancet report on the health professional for the 21st century, which proposes a shift from memorization of facts to \u201ccritical reasoning that can guide the capacity to search, analyse, assess and synthesise information for decision-making\u201d[3].<\/p>\n

The EBHC subproject of SURMEPI aims to enhance teaching of EBHC at under- and postgraduate, as well as health care professionals working in the field. The specific activities fall under the following goals and objectives of the overarching project:<\/p>\n

Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n