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Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Research: Tools for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists
Gabriella Reynolds1, Ellie Cooper2
1Long Island University Post, Brookville, NY.
Purpose:
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the school setting need to efficiently locate, evaluate, and utilize research evidence in their clinical practice. This tutorial provides resources focused on the foundational aspects of evidence-based practice (EBP) and its application for SLPs to implement research into clinical practice.
Method:
This tutorial (a) reviews study design and discusses clinical questions best suited to each; (b) provides key tips for extracting information from main sections of research articles; (c) discusses the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a clinical and research tool, including actionable steps and examples for using AI in EBP; and (d) provides detailed strategies to increase interaction with research beyond reading articles.
Results:
School-based SLPs can utilize the information and strategies provided to increase their confidence in evaluating research literature, applying information, and incorporating resources from research articles into their clinical practice.
Conclusions:
This tutorial equips school-based SLPs with actionable steps and concrete tools to increase ease and efficiency of applying research evidence into clinical practice. It provides guidance on different study designs, practical strategies to review research articles, and a case study demonstrating these strategies as well as discusses the potential use of AI to support clinicians in generating clinical questions and the steps of the EBP process.
Supplemental Material:
https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.31652170.
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