Practitioner toolkits now available

We have launched two online toolkits which aim to give practitioners step-by-step support to develop their evidence-based approach to practice.

The EBVM Toolkit is designed to help practitioners answer a clinical question with the best available evidence, says our Head of Library and Information Services, Clare Boulton.

She says: “The EBVM Toolkit is a guide to the first three steps of EBVM: asking an answerable question, finding the best evidence to answer it, and critically appraising that evidence. We’ve included templates and examples from ‘real-life’ veterinary cases, so that it’s applicable to daily practice.

She adds: “We hope that practitioners who use the EBVM Toolkit will summarise their findings in a Knowledge Summary, so that the answer will be easily accessible for the next person who asks that question.”

The second toolkit is a step-by-step guide to clinical audit, a process which helps practices review their own evidence and act on the results to maintain and improve standards of care.

We produced the Clinical Audit Toolkit with Pam Mosedale, a veterinary surgeon and member of the RCVS Practice Standards Group. The Group coordinates the Practice Standards Scheme, a voluntary initiative which accredits veterinary practices in the UK and aims to promote and maintain the highest standards of veterinary care.

She says: “Clinical audit is a way for practices to find out what’s working and what could be improved on. It gives practices and individuals the ability to monitor the quality of care given.”

View the EBVM Toolkit and the Clinical Audit Toolkit.