Hi all

just a quick question for my colleagues around the globe on evidence based pratice in Physiotherapy. Where I live (Australia) a major push has developed over my career for our work to be more and more evidence based. ie, having research, figures, data and other evidence to prove that what we do is effective and worth funding. At the hospital where my partner works, this push has become so strong that the entire occupational therapy department lost their jobs, and only a few were re-hired. (We also have some interesting new industrial relations laws!)

Bearing this is mind, recently I have requested people on this site to cite research to support their points of view, and have received a range of answers from "Sorry, I didn't mean any ACTUAL research, just common sense", to calling me arrogant for... well, I'm not really sure what for!

If I was discussing cases with colleagues over here and justified my position with "well its just common sense", that would surely be the end of my rise up the corporate ladder!

Anyway, as my physiotherapy experience has largely been confined to a relatively finite geographical location, I am very interested in where other parts of the world stand on Evidence Based Practice??

Any takers??

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