Hi
Evidence based practice is being widely used as a wedge to force therapists and Insurers / Associations to interact the way certain interest groups would like. I echo the comments to date. We risk throwing the baby out with the bath water if evidence based practice is continued to be used the way it currently is in Australia. Our profession is being hijacked by professional students, many of whom have had minimal patient treatment experience outside their studies, yet these people noe populate committees and enjoy excessive power within the profession, telling the rest of us how to treat our clients. Worse still, these all powerful therapists misuse their power by setting up fee hierarchies to support themselves. Very experienced therapists who do not do professional University study over years, will become poor cousins to the new breed.
Our profession will die, and patients will suffer. We need to be aware of improper science, however the current implementation is not the way to go. My score? 3/10.
MrPhysio