Panning for gold: a clinician's guide to using research.
The gap between research and clinical practice is one of the key challenges facing family therapy. Clinicians often fail to incorporate research findings into their practice because they do not know how to search, evaluate, or apply research to their clinical work. The purpose of this article is to help clinicians become better consumers of research. This article explores the potential value of research to clinicians, as well as negative beliefs that clinicians may have about research. The article also describes how clinicians can use research to inform their clinical work, as well as potential challenges that can be encountered.
Marital and Family Therapy Program, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110-2492, USA. williams@sandiego.edu
Lee M
LM
Williams
Jo Ellen
JE
Patterson
Richard B
RB
Miller
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008388:Marital Therapy; D011364:Professional Practice; D012106:Research; D014481:United States