Evidence Based Practice  Tags: evidence_based_practice ebm ebp evidence_based_nursing evidence_based_medicine evidence_based_dentistry  

Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making

 Research Focus

CeMPED's mission is to support excellent research across the interface of Psychology, Medicine and Public Health to answer questions about: the behavioural factors which promote good health and prevent disease; ways to enhance the psychosocial adjustment of patients and carers; ways to increase use of evidence in health care decision making; and ways to support patients to be more involved in their own health care. CeMPED's research strengths lie in three themes:

• Doctor-patient communication
• Evidence-based, shared decision making; and
• Psycho-Oncology.

Policy Statement on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology

The following statement was approved as policy of the American Psychological Association (APA) by the APA Council of Representatives during its August, 2005 meeting.

Report of the 2005 Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice

The report represents the conclusions of the Task Force and does not represent the official policy of the American Psychological Association.