Activities for Evidence-based Practice in Healthcare
A Practical Guide
$129.80
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2026
Summary
Evidence-based practice is central to those working in healthcare settings, yet there is often a gap between theory and applying evidence to practice in a meaningful and manageable way.
Bringing together the tacit knowledge of two experienced professionals – a Librarian and a Clinical Psychologist – this book provides numerous tried-and-tested practical activities to empower healthcare professionals to enable evidence-based practice in healthcare settings. With case studies and activi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783307807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783307803 |
| Author: | Aoife Lawton, Mary C. Morrissey, Eve O'Toole |
| Publisher: | Facet Publishing |
| Imprint: | Facet Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
Critics Review
Closing the gap between what the evidence says and what happens in practice is the most stubborn problem in healthcare, and it is rarely solved by producing more evidence. Lawton and Morrissey offer something more useful: decades of experience as a librarian and a clinical psychologist inside a national health service, distilled into activities that teams can actually run. Each is set out with its purpose, process, timing and evaluation, and the first full account of the Clarify the Objective method is a real contribution. A practical, candid guide for anyone charged with making evidence stick
– Professor Declan Devane, Professor of Health Research Methodology, University of Galway, IrelandActivities for Evidence-based Practice in Healthcare is a timely, practical, and deeply human guide for anyone committed to turning research into real-world impact. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it bridges the persistent gap between knowing what works and making it work in busy, complex healthcare settings. For clinicians, managers, policymakers, and educators alike, this book is an indispensable resource, one that honours the wisdom of practice while equipping teams to co-create safer, smarter, and more responsive healthcare service.
– Francesca Gualtieri, European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) PresidentA refreshing ‘take’ on evidence-based practice, Lawton and Morrissey have distilled insights from their respective experience as a librarian and as a clinical psychologist into an admirably practical guide to techniques to get evidence into practice. Inspired by the concept of ‘What Works?’, key themes relate to facilitation as an enabler of knowledge translation, and behavioural change as core to implementation. Their discussion on the difference between implementation science and quality improvement is helpful. Readers may yet be divided by the forward-looking chapter on AI. I commend this work to all healthcare professionals committed to mobilising evidence to improve patient outcomes.
– Sue Lacey-Bryant, Visiting Professor in Knowledge and Information Mobilisation at Manchester Metropolitan University, UKAoife Lawton
Aoife Lawton is National Health Service Librarian at the Health Service Executive in Ireland. She has over 20 years’ experience of working in the public health service and she is a board member of the European Association for Health Information Libraries. She has previously published The Invisible Librarian.
Mary C. Morrissey is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Lead at the Health Service Executive in Ireland. She is a former President of the Psychological Society of Ireland and a member of the European Health Futures Forum.
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